Christopher Phillips

The 1990s were a high point for ‘Euro-optimism’ – a positive belief by supporters of the European Union (EU) in the future integration and success of…

It was a secession vote no one in Westminster saw coming. In September, the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire held a referendum to declare…

Ulchi Freedom Shield—an annual combined military exercise held by the US and South Korea against the threat from North Korea—was abruptly scaled back…

What’s the connection between the global move towards multipolarity in recent decades and the Iran conflict today? Israel and the US have been…

For years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the subject of a great power competition in technology, but midway through 2026, AI is increasingly…

Gianni Infantino is no stranger to controversy. Since becoming FIFA president in 2016 he has, among other things, been accused of cosying up to…

The 2026 US-Iran War has reverberated far beyond the Middle East, rocking the world economy and testing alliances. Amidst the shaking kaleidoscope…

Among the many justifications given by Donald Trump for the US and Israel’s war on Iran was to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. While…

The United States has a history of mistaking defeats in war for victories. In 1973, Richard Nixon declared his administration had achieved a “Peace…

Less than a month old, the Iran war has already been talked of as an epochal, transformative moment in world geopolitics. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in…