Politics & Conflict

Europe’s Malcolm X

Dyab Abou Jahjah is thirty–two years old. He was born in Lebanon, which he left at the age of nineteen for ‘asylum’ in Belgium, even though he now happily admits…

Moral Monopoly

Evan Harris warns of the dangers of religious lobbying

What the butler saw

Tom Baldwin sees some queer goings on behind closed doors

Back to the USSR?

In the wake of Russia's recent, widely criticised elections, Michael Binyon asks whether Putin is taking his country back to a Soviet past

Imperial Catastrophe

Michael Mann, the leading historian of power, forecast the failure of the American adventure in Iraq. So what should happen next?

Hammer and Crescent

A potential electoral force is emerging from the anti–war movement. But why is a supposedly ‘progressive’ grouping making room for religious conservatives, asks Amanda Day?

A Christian Union?

The proposed EU constitution has stirred the debate about national sovereignty. Carole Tongue warns of another danger.

Hail to thee blithe Ken

Laurie Taylor on the delight of being (mostly) right

A shared sense of space

Marlous Veldt explores the role of architecture in the Israel-Palestine conflict and speaks to those seeking to build peace in the Middle East

Stand-up Revolution

Colin Ward on Mark Steel's French Revolution