Michael Petrou

No British politician today can escape the shadow Margaret Thatcher cast over the nation

Why Canada decided to ditch Israeli trauma kits during Baird’s 2011 visit

Why cartoonists are proving to be a powerful force in one of the world’s most repressive regimes

Karzai’s new anti-U.S. stance is driven by a desire to leave office as a peacemaker, not a puppet

This morning I sent Suzanne Legault, Canada’s information commissioner, the following letter. Updates will be posted here as...

The comandante’s chosen successor launches his campaign for the presidency

Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar is in Vienna this week to attend a session of the United Nations Office on Drugs...

A political assassination. A prime minister’s resignation. The country that was the cradle of the Arab Spring is shaking

That Venezuela is split at the moment of his death is the result of his own polarizing politics

Foreign ministry vows ’murderers’ of three-year-old Max Shatto will be punished