Is there a special relationship?
I was on the radio this evening, debating the state of Anglo-American relations with Sunder Katwala of the Fabian Society. We actually agree on a lot, so it was a
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special relationship
The special relationship
An interesting debate in Westminster Hall yesterday on the United States of America included an interesting exchange of views between two Conservative MPs, Mark Pritchard (who introduced the debate) and
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Can we be best friends with France?
This blog does not normally get excited over state visits, preferring supranational institutions to intergovernmental diplomacy. Institutions are based on rules, so people can be held to the decisions they
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The thrill of power
Some interesting speculation by Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times yesterday on the motivations of politicians. They want excitement – like anyone else, I suppose – and they find excitement
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Who wants to be a superpower?
The discussion following foreign secretary David Miliband’s speech in Bruges on 15 November was all about the prime minister’s intervention in the text. In case you missed it, the version
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Over-compensation
Who could possibly object to what Douglas Alexander said in his Washington speech last week? (Read it here.) He is the newly-appointed secretary of state for international development, and so
What to do about Guantanamo?
I was on 18 Doughty Street this evening, discussing various issues on the new internet TV station devoted to politics. Various points came up, including the European summit (obviously) but
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Soft in the head
By Richard Laming Published in The Spectator, 17 February 2007 Sir: Tony Blair misunderstands the notion of ‘soft power’ when he uses it to refer to the non-military aspects of
Mortgaged to the Yanks
A documentary on BBC4 last night about the debt that Britain racked up after the second world war borrowing money from the Americans. The presenter was Sir Christopher Meyer, former
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Fair to Blair
An epitaph for the Blair era was published today by Chatham House, the respected and independent foreign policy think tank. “Blair’s foreign policy and its possible successor(s)”, written by outgoing