You have rid us of a cancer – freed Tymoshenko tells huge crowd
Published in The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2014) Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was greeted by thousands of... Read Full Article
How does Europe look to an African?
Published in The Independent (February 17th, 2014) The other day I was chatting to an African friend when he asked... Read Full Article
The diplomat the world ignores
Published in Standpoint (September 25th, 2013) It was like an assignation in a spy thriller. A helicopter picked up the... Read Full Article
We must end this UN ‘paralysis’ over Syria
Published in The Guardian (September 9th, 2013) One thing was clear from the diplomatic disaster of the G20 summit in... Read Full Article
Forget diplomacy: this was the stroppy summit
Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 8th, 2013) Welcome to the stroppy summit. Held in one of Europe’s most... Read Full Article
Orphans of the Greek meltdown
Published in The Mail on Sunday (June 23rd, 2013) Laughing children play in a pine-scented courtyard on a warm summer’s... Read Full Article
How the West misread Mali
Published in The Guardian (January 25th, 2013) For 10 months the collapse was largely ignored by the west. A country seen... Read Full Article
The real meaning of the PM’s speech on Europe
Published on ConservativeHome (January 23rd, 2013) This is my annotated take on David Cameron’s keynote speech on Europe, given after... Read Full Article
Sensible rebellion on Europe, for all the wrong reasons
Published in The Financial Times (November 2, 2012) From the start of his leadership, David Cameron urged his party to stop... Read Full Article
President Bling-Bling has met his Waterloo
Published in The Daily Mail (May 7th, 2012) So the French have got their wish: they have evicted the brash,... Read Full Article