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3 weeks ago | 
thespectator.com | Philip Patrick |Kate Andrews |Ross Clark |Michael Evans
In few places will the sense of shock and anxiety from Donald Trump’s tariffs be greater than in Japan. A whopping 24 per cent has been slapped on exports to the US. The Japanese, who have grown used to a decent relationship with successive American administrations and a whopping trade surplus, will have many sleepless nights ahead. The reaction here has not been one of anger or resentment – more stunned bemusement.
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3 weeks ago | 
thespectator.com | Michael Evans |Charles Lipson |Owen Matthews |Roger Kimball
The US-led coalition to help Ukraine was always more than just a production line of arms deliveries to the Kyiv government. Much of what has been going on over the past three years has been secret: a covert collaboration between Ukraine and the West involving commanders at the highest level, and special forces out of uniform.
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1 month ago | 
thespectator.com | Daryl McCann |Ross Anderson |Michael Evans |Robin Ashenden
“He [Donald Trump] sees American leadership as merely a series of real estate transactions.” That was the verdict of the Democratic senator Elissa Slotkin following the President’s address to Congress. Trump 2.0 does, admittedly, have the appearance of a political version of The Art of the Deal, in which the Donald is prepared to leverage a bilateral compact with every country in the world — so long as the price is right.
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1 month ago | 
thespectator.com | Rod Liddle |Roger Kimball |Ian O’Doherty |Michael Evans
In January last year the European Union revealed that it had dreamed up a “secret plan” to sabotage the economy of one of its member states. Brussels was growing impatient with the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, who had shown the temerity to dissent from EU orthodoxy on a number of issues. In this particular case it was Orbán’s continued use of the veto to block a £50 billion aid package to Ukraine that had angered the bureaucrats and liberal politicians.
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1 month ago | 
thespectator.com | Michael Evans |Jacob Heilbrunn |Christopher Caldwell |Lisa Haseldine
With all the good news coming out of the Jeddah talks about a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, there’s only one question that needs to be answered: Will President Putin be interested in any kind of deal right now? President Trump is convinced that Putin wants peace.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thespectator.com | Michael Evans |Riva-Melissa Tez |Tom Goodenough |Katja Hoyer
The ISIS caliphate in Syria and Iraq was defeated at a cost of billions of dollars and the loss of thousands of lives. And yet the ideology of violence and hatred espoused by the Islamic State lives on and has spread into cities in the West like a poison with no antidote.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
thespectator.com | Michael Evans
The Isis caliphate in Syria and Iraq was defeated at a cost of billions of dollars and the loss of thousands of lives. And yet the ideology of violence and hatred espoused by the Islamic State lives on and has spread into cities in the West like a poison with no antidote.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
greencore.com | Michael Evans
We have today launched our annual sustainability report, which we call Towards a Better Future for Food, People, and the Planet. The report highlights our progress across the pillars of our Better Future Plan:🌱 Sourcing with Integrity🏭 Making with Care🍽️ Feeding with PrideIt also covers People at the Core topics like Communities and Human Rights, alongside updates on governance, risk, transparency, and embedding. Click here to visit our sustainability hub.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Larisa Brown |Michael Evans
More drones have been spotted around American airbases in England as military police and troops try to hunt down those responsible. A spokesman for United States air forces in Europe said small drones “continue to be spotted” as he revealed that a fourth US airbase has been targeted. There are fears the flights could be part of a “sinister” plot.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Michael Evans |Ben Domenech |Mark Galeotti |Roger Kimball
Donald Trump is still two months away from becoming the forty-seventh president of the United States, and yet his return to the Oval Office in January has already provoked a flurry of policy U-turns by the White House and rising expectation, even in Moscow, of a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Elements of a potential settlement reportedly agreeable to President Putin emerged on Reuters today based on kite-flying suggestions by Russian officials.
