Michael Carberry8 min readWhat’s in a word? AntisemitismThe tragic events in Gaza since the barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists on October 7th last year have again brought the issue of antisemiti
Michael Carberry9 min readA Fundamental Problem: the unholy alliance between fundamentalist religion and extremist politics. What do Donald Trump’s runaway victories in the all the Republican Primary elections to date and the slaughter of over thirty thousand...
Richard Pooley7 min readPresident Macron’s “mad” promise will be kept. Notre Dame will reopen by Christmas.There wasn’t the usual levity when I walked into my French village’s southern boulangerie early on Tuesday morning. The queue was quiet...
Michael Carberry7 min readThe Curse of Partition In 1973 I was one of group of aspiring British diplomats undergoing the Foreign Office selection process. For one exercise we were...
Dr. Jehad Al-Omari5 min readThe First InternationalistFor the last six months or so, I have been engaged in a mammoth reading project which is the biggest one I have ever undertaken...