The war in Ukraine has shattered a generation of the West's digital-age delusions, say David Betz and Michael Rainsborough. The End of History did not arrive. The Return of Artillery did.
Germany's Foreign Office has been caught pressuring embassy officials to grant entry visas to thousands of fake refugees with forged passports. Eugyppius opens a window on how the mass migration sausage is made.
A doctor who was forced out of the army for quoting Helen Joyce on his personal Facebook account has been cleared, thanks to legal help from the Free Speech Union.
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, occupied it for twenty years, and in the process got about 200,000 people killed. What's less well known is that, after leaving, the U.S. stole $7 billion of Afghanistan’s money.
It has been claimed that NATO's operation in Afghanistan was "defensive". However, it is unclear how the 2007 bombing of Helmand province, which killed at least 45 Afghan civilians, was in any way "defensive".
In this week's London Calling, Toby and James ask how Dan Andrew’s became such an authoritarian zealot, whether Afghanistan is the worst US foreign policy disaster since 1975 and wonder if Ted Lasso has jumped the shark.
