Gavin Esler

Regime change and “nation building” have not gone well for the US in recent years. The overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq in April 2003, for

Among the turmoil of the American and Israeli war with Iran , there is another kind of uniquely British turmoil going on quietly behind the scenes.

More than a decade ago I travelled to Tehran to interview former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani . He was reviving his political career after falling out of favour within the Iranian regime.

The former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered one of the most famous speeches in British history in March 1946 while in Fulton, Missouri.

The questions buzzing around UK Parliament right now can be framed very simply. How long has Prime Minister Keir Starmer got in office? Will he resign? Who might succeed him?

King Charles's visit to the US was much anticipated in the UK – but not necessarily in a good way.

The American novelist Ernest Hemingway wrote a famous description of how a person can go bankrupt. Bankruptcy begins “gradually then suddenly”, one of his characters said.

In a world of turmoil there is a glimmer of hope. Could the war between Russia and Ukraine be approaching its endgame?

Beijing is a top tourist attraction in the spring. This month it is also a top diplomatic attraction for world leaders.

A foreign journalist reporting on the political problems of the British government right now recently asked me about “the mood in Britain”. It's a challenge.