Op Ed, Huffington Post Last Saturday, the British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech about how the government viewed the future of multiculturalism and Muslim community relations in the UK. On the face of it, his argument was reasonable enough: that his government will be more careful in future only to fund Muslim groups [...]

OP ED – Huffington Post. I don’t know how this particular WikiLeaks revelation has not been much, much bigger news, involving as it does cluster bombs, the Special Relationship, a plot to keep important information from the UK Parliament and the country, and a secret legal loophole that let Britain get around its treaty obligations.

OP ED – Huffington Post. Do you remember when the United States stood proudly for liberty and democracy? When countries looked over the Atlantic at the Statue of Liberty and knew that if they wanted to embrace independent democratic institutions and free and fair elections, the United States would be there to support them? When [...]

OP ED – Politics.co.uk. I am a big advocate for a strong military, the importance of defence and defence spending, and a strong Ministry of Defence (MoD). But it gives me no pleasure to say that the MoD is not doing much to deserve my support. One of the recent revelations from WikiLeaks which hasn’t [...]

OP ED – Islamic Monthly. Richard Holbrooke, who died last week aged 69, had an incredible career behind him, and most of his friends thought he was not done yet. The roll call of prestigious positions he held is testament to his extraordinary talent for foreign policy: joining the Foreign Service after failing to be [...]