Published by CapX (27th July, 2017) When I was in Liberia three years ago covering the ebola epidemic, I was amazed to discover the depth of antipathy many […]
North Korea / South Korea / United States / World
I fear for the future when the world’s fate hangs on these two mavericks
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) Outside my window in one of the world’s most advanced cities, I can hear protesters chanting angrily against ‘Crazy […]
North Korea / South Korea / United States / World
Revealed: Kim’s plan to kidnap tourists
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners from South Korea and hold them hostage […]
Syria / United States / World
A president guided by television news and emotional whims
Published by The ipaper (10th April, 2017) Even in the whirlwind world of Donald Trump, last week’s events were mind-blowing. It began with the 45th president of the […]
China / North Korea / South Korea / United States / World
So could North Korea’s cruel regime be next on the hit list?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th April, 2017) When Donald Trump sat down to dinner with China’s Xi Jinping in his garish golden palace of Mar-a-Lago in Florida […]
China / North Korea / United States / World
Donald Trump’s shock tactics on North Korea might just work
Published by The Guardian (3rd April, 2017) Song Byeok used to paint propaganda pictures for North Korea’s dictators. But when famine struck, his family was starving like millions […]
United States / World
Even populist politicians need to build bridges
Published by The i paper (20th February, 2017) Donald Trump can be accused of many things, but certainly not lack of ambition. The 45th president of the United […]
United States / World
Dangerous delusions of The Donald
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th February, 2017) How much has Russia’s malevolent President Vladimir Putin influenced Donald Trump? For months this frightening suggestion has rattled around […]
Politics / United States / World
The real cost of ‘Global Britain’
Published by The i paper (30th January, 2017) It is two decades since a newly-elected Labour government, riding a wave of heartfelt hope, proclaimed Britain would have an […]
Europe / United States
The new dawn of old nationalism
Published by The i paper (23rd January, 2017) On Friday morning, as the world prepared to see a former reality television star sworn in to office as the […]
United States / World
The Fright House
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th November, 2016) IT HAS been a busy week for the Trump dynasty, holed up in their gaudy gilt palace on the […]
United States / World
Is Reagan a role model for Trump?
Published by the i paper (14th November, 2016) For three decades Ronald Reagan’s shadow has loomed large over the Republicans, much as his friend Margaret Thatcher’s influence proved […]