Adrian Hamilton

Adrian Hamilton: Never since the war have political leaders been so lacking in foreign experience

Published: 04 January 2007

The real concern about Brown, as Cameron, is their lack of any properly developed world view

Adrian Hamilton: The meaningless execution of a tyrant

Published: 28 December 2006

Saddam's hanging, when it comes, will produce neither universal relief nor outrage

Adrian Hamilton: Every day he clings on, the damage gets worse

Published: 21 December 2006

Blair still talks of an 'ethical' foreign policy. The reality is all too apparent

Adrian Hamilton: It won't help to demonise Iran at this stage

Published: 14 December 2006

Of course Iran has connections and interests in Iraq. How could it be otherwise?

Adrian Hamilton: The advice Blair should offer Bush today

Published: 07 December 2006

From a domestic view - which is what matters - Iraq is a failure, and both know it

Adrian Hamilton: Why Blair changed his tune on the Middle East

Published: 16 November 2006

At the weekend, the PM wanted to bring in Iran and Syria. By Monday night, they were the axis of evil

Adrian Hamilton: It's not enough to drop Donald Rumsfeld

Published: 09 November 2006

He has chosen to demonstrate the full panoply of US power and shown its limits

Adrian Hamilton: So what do our party leaders think about Europe?

Published: 02 November 2006

It is becoming clear that, without a new agreement, the EU is going to grind to a halt

Adrian Hamilton: A history lesson for Gordon Brown

Published: 26 October 2006

When Macmillan saw that the Suez venture was going wrong, he was quick to see the need to get out

Adrian Hamilton: The Week in Arts

Published: 21 October 2006

We need to learn a lesson from the Parisians

Adrian Hamilton: The disaster in Iraq is our fault too

Published: 19 October 2006

We can't pretend it is all up to Washington and we'll just follow on behind

Adrian Hamilton: Another in the long line of ineffective UN leaders

Published: 05 October 2006

It's not that anyone has anything against Ban Ki-Moon, but no one has much for him either

Adrian Hamilton: An intelligence assessment that gets it right

Published: 28 September 2006

Iraq, says the US Intelligence Estimate, has become the cause célèbre for jihadists worldwide

Adrian Hamilton: It's a bit late for ministers to express regrets now

Published: 22 September 2006

If only Goldsmith had been man enough to resign, the impact would have been huge

Adrian Hamilton: Nato is the wrong force in the wrong place

Published: 14 September 2006

Afghanistan is a western intervention, under an agenda quite different from Nato's purpose

Adrian Hamilton: The national interest is the last thing on his mind

Published: 08 September 2006

The area where he'll continue to have power is where he should not: foreign policy

Adrian Hamilton: You can't blame Kurdish terror on Islamic 'fascists'

Published: 31 August 2006

In the end, it may be only the larger international community which can assure stability

Adrian Hamilton: We are playing into the terrorists' hands

Published: 17 August 2006

The best response is a stolid, underplayed determination not to be moved

Adrian Hamilton: Blair may be sincere, but this crisis reveals the poverty of his policy on the Middle East

Published: 10 August 2006

He needs to bring the radical forces in Hizbollah and Hamas into the process, not demonise them

Adrian Hamilton: The cost of this war is the hope for a wider peace

Published: 03 August 2006

If Nasrallah is a hero it is because he's shown that a Muslim can give as good as he gets

Adrian Hamilton: What has Blair gained for his slavish support?

Published: 28 July 2006

If anyone was still tempted to believe that the friendship between George Bush and Tony Blair was an equal partnership, then the overheard conversation between the pair at the G8 summit in St Petersburg this month should have dispelled that notion. It was not just the words (damning though they were) but the body language. They were friends, to be sure, but Mr Blair was clearly in the courtier's role, desperate to please, quick to sense rejection, anxious to do right by his master.

Adrian Hamilton: There is an alternative to this unnecessary war

Published: 27 July 2006

Eisenhower ended the Suez war in 1956, and America could do it now

Adrian Hamilton: Blair's misunderstanding of the Middle East

Published: 20 July 2006

The isolation of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbollah is serving to increase extremism rather than draw its teeth

Adrian Hamilton: This crisis can only be solved by outside intervention

Published: 14 July 2006

The trouble is that there is little reason at present for the participants to draw back

Adrian Hamilton: There is room for hope and despair in Gaza

Published: 29 June 2006

Negotiating for the hostage release could provide the breatkhrough to wider talks

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