In 1980 in his State of the Union address President Jimmy Carter said: “Any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian...

When I was in Moscow three weeks ago I was briefing myself for an interview with the Soviet Union’s last president, Mikhail Gorbachev. As...

I’m on the 250 km/hour train hurtling from Moscow to St Petersburg when it suddenly clicks in my mind. My apologies for being so stupid,...