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The end of the holiday from history
We live once again in an age of hard power and Britain’s political economy will have to change
 • Iain Martin
China's coming crisis
The dash to Beijing by Whitehall is based on a mistaken assumption that China will triumph in the 21st century
 • Iain Martin
A divided West on the brink
There will be attempts to deescalate after the threats to Greenland, no doubt. Even so, the West is changing fundamentally.
 • Iain Martin
Welcome back to the era of raw power
The US operation in Venezuela is the latest evidence of an epic change in the international system. What will it take to wake up Europe to the new…
 • Iain Martin
China winning the 21st century, so far
At the end of the first quarter Beijing is in front, but don’t write off the US just yet
 • Iain Martin
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Lord Robertson: UK government must go much quicker on boosting defence
At the LDC Investment Forum, lead author of the UK's Strategic Defence Review, a former NATO chief, spelled out that the SDR needs faster implementation…
 • Iain Martin
Russian aggression and the cost of being wrong
If Ukraine is forced to settle, the state of European security becomes even more perilous.
 • Iain Martin
Scott McTominay and the greatest night in Scottish footballing history
Scotland have qualified for the World Cup. This matters. Well, it matters to some of us.
 • Iain Martin
Make Britain rich again
The country needs an economic rethink
 • Iain Martin
Good lessons from great financial crises
The timing of any crash is hard to predict but reverses are an inevitable part of life in a market economy.
 • Iain Martin
Caerphilly by-election earthquake leaves Labour trapped
To grow the economy the government would have to make tough choices voters don’t want to face
 • Iain Martin
The West’s bad bet on China is still blowing up
Decades of policy miscalculation have led to interminable discombobulation - for which see the Westminster Chinese spying scandal
 • Iain Martin
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