Tom Bailey
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Past articles by Tom:
How Poland and Ukraine overcame a dark history
The two nations now stand united against Russian aggression, but things could have been very different. → Read More
The rise of the West
Patrick Wyman's The Verge explains how 19th-century Europe eclipsed East Asia. → Read More
What China wants from Afghanistan
Beijing has had an uneasy relationship with the Taliban for decades. → Read More
The case for a new world map
The Indo-Pacific is now at the centre of geopolitical conflict. → Read More
Chicago doesn’t need more gun control
Both sides in the gun-crime debate are missing the point. → Read More
The culture war over the Civil War
What Confederate apologists and antifa activists have in common. → Read More
Scared of Shakespeare: meet the right-wing snowflakes
ight-wing bodies are under attack. Multiple discourse(s) are normalising violence against the bodies of right-leaning or rightward people(s). As leftists monopolise violence against right-wing bodies, various cultural institutions create the climate in which such violence can take place. Culture and its various manifestations cannot be viewed as detached from the material reality confronting… → Read More
The Steve Scalise shooting and the hypocrisy of right-wingers
Blaming anti-Trump speech for James Hodgkinson’s actions is a dangerous game. → Read More
The cynical campaign to impeach Trump
Liberals are using legal chicanery to undemocratic ends. → Read More
The Comey bombshell that wasn’t
The Trump-Russia conspiracy theories are wearing thin. → Read More
What the Kushner leaks really tell us
American democracy is under threat, but not from Russia. → Read More
Comey, hero of the #Resistance? Please
Trump’s sacking of Comey looks more stupid than sinister. → Read More
It isn’t only Trump who’s demeaning the Civil War
Scepticism about the Union’s intentions is now widespread. → Read More
Rebel: Tory vs the establishment
Douglas Carswell’s book gives a refreshing take on the new elitism. → Read More
Sorry, Juncker, the EU is nothing like the US
The difference between the two unions? Democracy. → Read More
How not to oppose Trump’s travel ban
Why it's wrong to rely on judges to stand up to Trump. → Read More
The SNP isn’t interested in independence
Scottish nationalism is more about therapy than democracy. → Read More
Uber: the illusion of growth
The dark truth about Uber? It doesn't make money. → Read More
Trump’s critics are falling for conspiracy theories
Bannon is no more a fascist than Obama was a Marxist. → Read More
Davos Man has no time for the demos
he world’s rich and powerful meet this week in the Swiss town of Davos, as they do every year, under the banner of the World Economic Forum. World leaders, NGO bigwigs, business leaders and celebrity activists will discuss the pressing issues of our time. The bland homogeneity of thought among the elite attendees is often mocked. Samuel Huntington famously coined the term ‘Davos Man’ to describe… → Read More