Archive - Comment is Freed

Illusions of Control

We know less about our economy than we like to pretend

Oct 5 •

"Anybody worth interviewing says no at least three times"

A conversation with multi-award winning documentary maker Norma Percy

Oct 2 •

Lawrence Freedman

September 2024

Hezbollah's Decapitation

And an Elusive Cease-Fire

Sep 28 •

Lawrence Freedman

Holding It Together

Why Labour is finding government so hard

Sep 26 •

Who's Afraid of Vladimir Putin?

On taking threats seriously

Sep 22 •

Lawrence Freedman

The Efficiency Paradox

Why are governments so bad at saving money?

Sep 19 •

Sudan: the future of war?

Bullet holes litter a mosque dome in Omdurman, Sudan.

Sep 16 •

Lawrence Freedman

Can anyone save the Conservative Party?

Notes on a dismal leadership contest

Sep 12 •

Assessing the US election with two months to go

Sep 8 •

How Labour can fix the public sector

Figuring out how to let the workforce do their job

Sep 5 •

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A shopfront military?

The challenge for Labour's defence review

Sep 3 •

Lawrence Freedman

August 2024

Who's really in the "new" elite?

Aug 31 •

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