Author Archives: Steve Bloomfield
How Boris Johnson's deal could end in Remain
The Brexiteers are happy—but the details of Boris Johnson's deal are good news for the People's Vote campaign, too
The Obama administration’s misadventures in foreign policy
Former US foreign policy advisor Samantha Power reflects on her early idealism on a new memoir—and why it has hardened with time
Did Theresa May have a foreign policy?
There was a vision there—but her successor now looks set to destroy it
The cowardice and foolishness of Theresa May and Philip Hammond
Their interventions in the leadership race were appallingly timed, badly worded and will have no effect
Tony Blair is having second thoughts on war
The former prime minister's doctrine of liberal interventionism shaped two decades of conflict. Now, as the west's power is waning, he says it needs updating
Policy report: Making tech work for the NHS
Smart medicine will save lives—but not money
Is Britain ready for a populist prime minister?
The forces of nationalism are on the rise around the world. They could carry a demagogue to Downing Street
Policy report: transport and technology
The government is promising a technological revolution—is it up to the job?
How the Slovak elections show a new way to fight Europe's rising far-right
Leading candidate Zuzana Caputova has already shown the rest of Europe that a successful outsider doesn’t have to be an extremist
There's an important discussion to be had about Hezbollah—but it's not through the prism of Westminster politics
If only we bothered to gaze up from Westminster, we’d discover a more nuanced debate about terrorism, peace and the messy diplomacy of talking to people we don’t like
No deal is against the will of the people—and here’s the proof
Vote Leave promised a deal
How Theresa May could end up backing no deal
“No deal is better than a bad deal,” she said. She may say it again