For over two years now, European policymakers have struggled to provide a coherent response to the convulsion of violence that has befallen Syria. As with Libya in 2011, much of the debate has centred on the question of what role European states should play in protecting vulnerable civilians beyond our...

I've never been the greatest enthusiast for London 2012 but I'll come clean... I enjoyed the Olympics opening ceremony despite trying really hard to discover things to sneer about. The concept worked well, the choreography was superb and the fact that Conservative MP Aidan Burley found it "leftie multi-cultural crap"...

As plans for the first state-funded Free School, staffed entirely by ex-soldiers, begin to take shape, the UK's current love affair with its armed forces seems to be moving in a worrying new direction.

The claim made by the proposed Phoenix School in Oldham, along with Tom Burkard, author...

As the ten year anniversary of September 11th passes, a deluge of recent opinion and analysis has tried to address some of the difficult questions about the legacy of that terrible day in 2001.

Was the War on Terror a success or a failure?
Are we safer...

As the rebel leaders celebrate in Tripoli, what seems almost certain is the end of Colonel Gaddafi's 42 year reign as "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution". Although the victory of the rebels hasn't exactly been swift, following NATO intervention, the balance of power shifted decidedly in their favour...