DYER: Picking sides in the European elections
The best way of describing what just happened in the European Union elections is to say...
by Merritt Herald | May 29, 2019
The best way of describing what just happened in the European Union elections is to say...
by Merritt Herald | May 22, 2019
“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which...
by Merritt Herald | May 15, 2019
“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 24, 2019
On April 17, the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, and...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 17, 2019
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is an unattractive character, and he also has...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 10, 2019
With Khalifa Haftar’s forces stalled outside the capital, Tripoli, the eight-year omnishambles in...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 3, 2019
In a recent survey of potential adult migrants worldwide, 47 million said they would most...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 27, 2019
Unlike comedian Alec Baldwin, who is famous for his impersonation of President Trump on...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 20, 2019
You can keep your Orban, your Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump,...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 13, 2019
The other Europeans are not laughing at the English for the most part. They are looking at...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 6, 2019
The slogans of the ‘Arab Spring’ are being heard again in the Arab world. “The people want...
by Merritt Herald | Feb 13, 2019
For a moment there I thought we had a new global threat to deal with, alongside the old...
by Merritt Herald | Feb 6, 2019
The Black Death killed about 30 per cent of the European population in a few years in the...
by Merritt Herald | Jan 23, 2019
‘Half a loaf is better than no bread’ is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a...
by Merritt Herald | Jan 16, 2019
The Congo Republic (pop. 5 million) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (pop. 88 million)...
by Merritt Herald | Jan 9, 2019
If you live long enough, almost anything is possible. It is now possible, for example, to...
by Merritt Herald | Oct 31, 2018
It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from...
by Merritt Herald | Oct 24, 2018
The last time I wrote about the treaty banning ‘intermediate-range’ nuclear missiles was 31...
by Merritt Herald | May 2, 2018
It is generally agreed that a bird in the hand is worth two (or three, or more) in the...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 25, 2018
What does Kim Jong-un want? One thing: security. He doesn’t want to conquer the world. It’s...