Libya
The big ideas of 2016: end of the peace dividend
The notion that other countries can implode without consequences for us has been exposed as a fantasy
The plan for peace in Libya could cause further splits
The planned government of national unity could be a compromise which pleases nobody
Libya talks: what is wrong with this “failed state?”
As talks begin on Libya's future, we explain how the country got to this point
Do we want Trident?
Most people want to protect defence spending - even at the expense of other services
Give war a chance
There is a new fashion, after Iraq and Afghanistan, for saying we should let civil wars burn themselves out. But that’s not an option
Hope in the Middle East
Four reasons why the region may extract itself from chaos
The best-run states in the world
Francis Fukuyama's passion for democracy seems to have deserted him
Audio: Hillary Clinton could restore America’s fighting spirit
Former Clinton administration official says US has retreated from the world stage under Obama
Humanitarian intervention
Why do we no longer claim the right to intervene, out of compassion?
The New Middle East
Examining the forces shaping history - as it is happening
Letters
Dannatt, 'peak car' and Redwood on the euro
France goes to war
Sarkozy has overturned 50 years of French reluctance to fight in western coalitions