Search

The article discusses Chatham House's World Initiative project to visualize Great Britain's new role as medium power state in the world in 2030. It highlights the need for the county to form a new identity as it has lost its influential position within the European Union. It explains key issues for Britain including the climate emergency, China's increasing strategic challenge and the repercussions of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Only in Berlin. 'The police have asked us to wear masks,' the woman on the podium told the crowd. 'They've also informed us that at 4pm they'll be sending a [...]

The timing is awkward. David Miliband has been urged by his top mandarins to cancel our interview. They don't want us in the building, after their case against our whistleblower […]

David Manning greets me warmly as he strides into the ornate drawing room of his Lutyens residence. This is known as the decompression chamber, the room where he would sit […]

Few parliaments across the world can boast gents lavatories as impressive as the ones at Stormont where Northern Ireland's representatives can relieve themselves in the splendour of black and grey [...]

The two young women peered attentively into their monitors. Their alarm increased as they zoomed in on two objects. Two small figures emerged on the black background as white shapes [...]

David Cameron is taller than one might think. So is Tony Blair. Cameron is comfortable with his carefully crafted image. So is Blair. Or at least he was. Cameron is [...]

The yuppie flats on the quayside are nearing completion. This is the town of Harvey Nicks, the new Leeds where cash is being disposed of in large quantities. I am [...]

One group in society has never had it so good. Under this government the super-rich, the top 1 per cent, have seen their wealth rise at a rate that others [...]

FOREWORD BY TONY BLAIR Labour stands on the threshold of a historic third successive term of office. With your support, we can do what the party has never done before. [...]

I asked myself: why is he doing it? Why us, why me, at this of all times? We had been sitting with the president at his residence on the western [...]

The article focuses on artist, Koyo Kouoh's transformative leadership at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz Mocaa), including efforts to establish sustainability, address governance challenges, and promote African art and philanthropy on the global stage.

Ed Balls is worried about Christmas. It just isn't the way it was when he was a lad. He talks excitedly about the festive season in the Balls household three […]

It's hard to imagine, but Jack Straw clearly fancies himself as a character in Life on Mars, the hit retro cop drama in which a politically correct police officer from […]

The Home Office has turned out to be a graveyard for new Labour politicians. David Blunkett and Charles Clarke were forced out after they failed to get to grips with […]

On the mantelpiece in Hazel Blears's House of Commons office, alongside the obligatory pictures of constituents visiting parliament, sits the following framed poem: I am not everybody I am one […]

Alan Johnson greets me with a broad smile. It is not a fixed smile, one that denotes discomfort, but nor is it natural. It is a professional smile. We chat [...]

As we settle down on the sofa, Hilary Benn launches straight into a story about a recent visit to South Africa, where the Department for International Development is supporting a [...]

Harriet Harman is a militant in the 'lilac revolution'. She has even coloured her new website lilac in preparation. Her campaign for Labour's deputy leadership is infused with what once [...]

Before we arrived to meet Peter Hain at the Millbank monstrosity that houses MI5 as well as the Northern Ireland Office, we had been told that he had much he [...]

There are two document trays on Margaret Beckett's desk. One is labelled 'Info', the other 'Action'. The info pile is rather higher than the action one. So much to absorb, [...]

At a Downing Street reception not long ago, a guest had the temerity to ask Tony Blair: 'How do you sleep at night, knowing that you've been responsible for the [...]

It is May 2009. A general election has been called. Michael Howard, the Prime Minister, has just handed over to his successor, David Cameron, after four years in Downing Street. [...]

Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century Mark Leonard Fourth Estate, 170pp, £8.99 The Missing Heart of Europe Thomas Kremer The June Press, 254pp, £11.99 I read two books and [...]

The man in charge of the nation's security, the man who seeks ever more mastery of the state over the individual, is now portrayed within his ranks as a victim [...]

In the Prime Minister's office, there was embarrassment on the morning after. Many of Tony Blair's advisers had stayed up to watch the presidential debates, fearing that George W Bush [...]

With one bound, he would be free. Tony Blair's gambit, to pre-announce his resignation for five years' time, sets in motion the final phase of his presidency. Finally, after all […]

He has been biting his nails, waiting for his moment. Gordon Brown has, over the past seven years, run much of the government's domestic agenda. His record on economic management, […]

The death of Dr David Kelly and the events that led to it are a triple tragedy. They are a tragedy for his family, a tragedy for the better scrutiny [...]

Peter Hain moved premises because he needed more space to meet his constituents. His old office is now a dog-grooming parlour. He was happy with his new place until a [...]

Even Downing Street trusties now talk of new leaders. But while MPs debate whether he is expendable, the PM prepares for a third election victory. The Westminster village may be [...]

Elliot Morley is not a household name, which is a problem for more than just him. The new environment minister has taken over from one of the few champions of [...]

JOHN KAMPFNER reveals that the Attorney General warned the PM nearly two months ago that, without a specific UN mandate, attempts at postwar reconstruction would be unlawful Six days into [...]

John Kampfne John Kampfner on a new alliance, comparable to Bush's backers in the U.S. Many are from the left; others, though from the right, think Blair the only leader [...]

Made in Texas: George W Bush and the Southern takeover of American politics Michael Lind Basic Books, 220pp, [pounds stelring]18.50 George W Bush is an 'authentic cultural Texan'. Of that […]

John Kampfner, our political editor, explains how Blair is fighting what for him is the true baffle: to persuade history, as well as contemporary opinion, that he and Bush were […]

I bumped into Glare Short the night before our scheduled interview. We were by chance among 50 or so guests at the home of Norma Percy, the distinguished documentary maker […]

The pressure is on to dump civil liberties. Incredible as it may seem to us, Tony Blair is accused by our Continental neighbours, and even by the US, of being [...]

You haven't heard of Takhir Yuldash. You may well do soon. The leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan operates from a secret location in Pakistan and has eluded US [...]

It's no coincidence that John Monks is off to Brussels. From next year he'll be taking over the trade union movement for the whole of the European Union. He likes [...]

Ignore the soft soap. Tony Blair is very worried by the Americans' Iraqi adventure. You can hear the anxiety in the voices of those around him. Our Prime Minister has [...]

Byline: John Kampfner; Kampfner is the former editor of the New Statesman. A slew of books shine light on the Blair-Brown years. But one of them is particularly telling. It [...]

The task of putting Europe back together falls to a man who has become Tony Blair's best friend. It might help the Prime Minister (though it may not help anyone [...]

Tony Blair will get nowhere in the Middle East until he focuses on the causes of Bin Laden, rather than waging war against him, writes John Kampfner I fit's Tuesday, [...]