Jonathan Power - weekly columns

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Dec 10, 20193 min read

European policy on Iran is a disaster.

The Europeans have not done well in countering President Donald Trump’s onslaught on Iran. When Trump unilaterally decided that the US...

Dec 3, 20193 min read

It goes back to the French revolution of 1789. At the Revolutionary Convention the most radical of the insurgents decided to seat...

Nov 26, 20193 min read

It’s unbelievable that 102 years have passed since the Balfour Declaration when the British colonial government decided to give the Jews...