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Advice for advisers - 14 lessons for making government work

The Audit 2025 - Part 2

The Audit - 2025

The State and the Soldier

Why Kupyansk Matters

The Overshoot

Books of the Year - 2025

The enemy within

The most neglected problem in Britain?

What happened to the Gaza peace plan?

Six lessons from the 2024 election

The Winner's Curse

Can Ukraine find a deal that works?

Survival - for now

MAGA Meltdown?

How should Ukraine respond?

The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated

Yet another peace plan?

Retreat, Defeat and the Sunk Cost Fallacy

The Reality Trap

Will Russians continue to support the war? Will 2026 be a crunch year? Possibility of Ukrainian counter-attack?

Will the Greens' surge continue? Should Starmer sack Morgan McSweeney? Will Trump run for a third term?

Flashing Red

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How to make government work

Who might replace Starmer?

Trump and the Test Ban

"The worst social policy ever"

Ukraine's Theory of Victory

Never again?

Is PR coming to the UK?

Déjà Vu All over Again

On the edge

The "something for nothing" myth

Putin's theory of victory

Russia and the rise of the radical right

‘As Long as it Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine’s security?

Staying alive vs taking control

Will there finally be peace in Gaza?

Identity Crisis

The story behind the polls

Russian provocations

Last Rites

One Last Push?

Three seconds

Unserious President; Serious Country

Burn it down vs build it up

The route to chaotic authoritarianism

Netanyahu's bet fails

Rayner and the Reshuffle

What don't we know about the war in Ukraine? What might change Putin's mind? How big is threat to NATO?

Will Reform win? Can Starmer turns things round? Will Reeves survive the budget?

The Energy War Intensifies

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The financial crisis theory of everything

The Battle for Pokrovsk

Capitalism with American Characteristics

Europe Pushes Back

Half-Baked Alaska

Is low turnout undermining growth?

Baked Alaska

The Great VAT Panic

Israel’s Forever War

The radicalisation spiral

"Putin has a very thin skin..."

Britain isn't broken

Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity

Why are young women increasingly left-wing?

Obliteration or Degradation

How much are liberals to blame for state failure?

How much trouble is Starmer in?

A New Nuclear Role for Britain and France.

Optimism of the will

Putin’s Narrative Power

Why are "missions" proving so difficult?

Blood and Soil

Are Drones the Future of War?

History Restarted

Will Iran Surrender?

How to Fix No. 10

Israel attacks Iran

Everything you need to know about the Spending Review

When the Clock Broke

Answering your questions

The Defence Review and Operation Spiderweb

What spending reviews are like from the inside

Whatever Happened to Arms Control?

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What would a Reform government be like?

The end of the affair: Trump's peace process fails

Running Hot

On the Brink

Follow the Money

Three technologies that can change the world

The Liberal Saviour?

The Kashmir Crisis

The Reform Revolution

Terminal Decline

Playing for Time

The Age of Forever Wars

Local Elections 2025: The Preview

The Art of Bad Strategy

War! What is it good for?

Share but Beware

Hayek's Bastards

Showdown in the Middle East

The Bazooka Revisited

Donald Trump’s Golden Dome

The Rise of the Gurus

Credibility Gaps

The Blame Game

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Putin's Dilemma Part 2: "Yes, But..."

Ten books to understand the world we're now in

Putin's Dilemma

Oh Canada!

The Walls Close In

The Great Crisis

Two steps backward

Fault Lines

Die Linke is back

Europe's Moment of Truth

Answering the wrong question

Putin's weak spot?

Technology vs Democracy

Answering your questions

Congo's Curse

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Can Labour Fix the NHS?

Can the decline of two-party politics be reversed?

How Can Ukraine's Security Be Guaranteed?

Trump vs. the Law

The Beginning of the End?

The Court of Trump

Tax Policy: Breaking the Impasse

Coping with Trump

Labour and the challenge of coherence

End of Year Review: the Middle East

Will Reform Kill the Tory Party?

The Third Anniversary Post