Published by The i Paper (11th September, 2025)
Europe / Poland
Poland is on a mission: to build the most powerful land army in Europe
Published by The Daily Mail (11th July, 2024) As the sun beat down on a glorious summer day, cyclists clad in lurid fluorescent Lycra pedalled furiously along the […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Snarling rat backed into a corner who may yet try a desperate last throw of the dice
Published by The Daily Mail (18th February, 2022) Outside my flat’s window, the scene could not be calmer. Five children are digging in a sandy courtyard, swaddled in […]
Europe / Serbia
Spectre of war in the Balkans
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th November, 2021) Munira Subasic lost her husband and teenage son in the darkest chapter of European history since the Second World […]
Belarus / Europe / Poland
Laser attack on border guards
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th November, 2021) Border police have been blinded with lasers and strobe lights as they struggle to shore up Europe’s eastern frontier defences […]
Europe / Politics / Russia
Corbyn’s failure of leadership
Published by The Daily Mail (15 March, 2018) Every now and then, there are times in politics when the world explodes into confrontation and a leader is defined […]
Europe / Russia
Putin is winning his war against the West
Published by The i paper (5th March, 2018) The temperatures are below freezing with snow falling, but how sunny the view must seem for Vladimir Putin as he […]
Politics
A specialist in foreign policy failure
Published by The i paper (29th May, 2017) A battle for power that looked dull, despite the bubbling undercurrents of British politics, has exploded into life. Theresa May […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
New shadow warfare: How Putin is fanning the flames of discontent
Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the uprising against the Russian stooges running their country […]