Where is the competent boring government we were promised?
Where is the competent boring government we were promised?
The Expiry of this Nuclear Arms Control Pact Is a Loss for the World, America, and Me
Iranians want a deal on democracy, not a deal on nuclear weapons. We should too.
Reviewing January’s projects and publications
But it’s on a lifeline, becoming less liberal, and will only survive if we work hard to reform and renew it
How one man's career explains our public life.
How one man's career explains British public life.
Discussing the fallout from the U.S. president's reckless Greenland gambit
A lasting peace will require Europe and America to work together to raise the cost of war for Russia
There have been valid questions about the Transatlantic Relationship for years.
It was a week in which you could almost feel the world shudder. But Europe held firm.
It was a week in which you could almost feel the world shudder, but Europe held firm and Trump began to lose control.
Reflections on the future of US-European relations in the age of Trump
Speaking on MS NOW about why Trump's idea isn’t just dumb — it’s dangerous.
Trump might think that buying a country is normal
The implosion of Australia's literary festival offers some harsh lessons.
Stanford’s leading Iran scholar on the regime, protests, and what comes next
Let's just start by recognising that this is very funny.
My conversation with Charlie Gammell
From Sun King to Spray-Tan King
It’s time to end this discussion now.
A recording from a live video filmed on 5 January.
A new survey hints at an alarming psychological distinction in political life
A new survey hints at a deep psychological distinction in political life
We need to call it out for what it is.
Long-term evaluations of the success or failure of the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela will be determined by what happens next.
The 1980s Nostalgia of Trump's Foreign Policy is probably going to end up, like Stranger Things, as a horror show.
How to make less of a twat of yourself in 2026 than you did in 2025.
Some practical and political commitments so you can make less of a twat of yourself this year than you did the last.
McFaul's World will be even more active in 2026.
Looking back on a turbulent year.
But Not By Means of a U.S. Military Invasion
Welcome to the second annual celebration of all that is best and worst in our political culture.
Welcome to the second annual celebration of all that is best and worst in our political culture.
How even the most implausible films tell us something about the world they came from
A song by former students brings down the curtain on 11 years in the job
A video of my recent book talk at Stanford University
One major error, one smaller one, and one tragic one.
One big, one small, one tragic and very painful.
The Mackinderian worldview in Trump's National Security Strategy
And Its Nixon-era Defeatism Undermines American National Interests
US leaders should continue selectively decoupling in key economic and security domains
My latest, as published in TIME.
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
A recording of my latest Q+A with subscribers
The West's decision to give up interventions has created a new trend
A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis.
Yes it's eager. Yes it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
My most recent projects and publications
Populism has damaged the economy. And to fix the economy, you have to damage populism.
Populism has damaged the economy. And to fix the economy, you have to damage populism.
The Putin-Trump surrender plan will lay the groundwork for Russia to expand its attacks on other parts of Europe
And that pivot does not serve American national interests.
People voted for Starmer because they wanted grown-up government. He should respect the mandate.
People voted for grown ups. Starmer should respect the mandate.
Syria's President had a $10 million bounty on his head from the US government. A few short years later he was being welcomed at the White House.
My discussion with Colin Crowell on Twitter, global disinformation, and how autocrats learned to weaponize the platforms built for openness.
What we can learn from applying the CIA's techniques to Gill's treachery
By rejecting the lessons of the previous century, the president has undermined America’s advantage over China and Russia.
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
