Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), a political thinker from Renaissance Italy, is best known for his no-nonsense, often harsh approach to power and governance. In his famous book, ‘The Prince’ he argued ...

Tariq Ali’s loose and digressive book is many things: a history of a left-wing elite and its enemies since the ...

Engaging with the Taliban on what is required by the international community for them to be formally recognised is perhaps the only way forward.