After almost 50 years of violent conflict, is Afghanistan heading for a sustainable peace?

America’s racist history is repeating itself as farce in the southern state

Macron's consultation will mean little until his government take real action to change the lives of the worst-off

The country's birthrate has fallen off a cliff. A few years ago this would have been hailed as a policy triumph, but today it heralds a demographic crisis

Kenneth Pyle says the alliance is reaching the end of its natural life

Bizarrely, when it comes to reigning in this particular brutal Chinese regime, Ofcom has unprecedented power

The government shutdown is now the longest in US history. But the president isn’t done sulking yet

Groups like ours helped fight for inclusive, accessible healthcare. Together, we achieved a culture change. But there's a phenomenal amount still to do

A recent House of Lords report provides clues on how to fill the strategic void

The myth it fuels is not that empire can return, but that it hardly mattered in the first place