Adrian Hamilton
The Independent’s comment editor, Adrian Hamilton writes a weekly column largely on international affairs with particular focus on the Middle East, Iran and foreign policy issues. Before joining the paper he was deputy editor of the Observer newspaper.
Adrian Hamilton: You can't choose a camel this way let alone two horses
It's easy to dismiss the EU summit as being a lot of fuss over nothing jobs
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Adrian Hamilton: Lies, damn lies and Berlin speeches
Thursday, 12 November 2009
We're back to propping up rotten regimes. Stability is more important than values
Cameron, Europe and pure waffle
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Adrian Hamilton: Is Europe the issue that will make a man out of the putative Prime Minister?
Adrian Hamilton: Neither of the main parties has a true policy on Europe
Friday, 30 October 2009
The Lisbon treaty is not the end of the debate, it is just the beginning
Adrian Hamilton: This redefines art, but not in a good way
Friday, 23 October 2009
There are two simple rules of public patronage of the arts. One is that, if you do it for a social or political purpose, it will fail. And the second is that if you hand over the actual commissioning to the Arts Council it will produce the very worst art.
Adrian Hamilton: Welcome to another false election
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Compared to others, Tunisian control is more discrete – but it's still a closed system
Peace isn't what Obama is achieving
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Adrian Hamilton: Rarely has a President bent on change been met with such adverse cirumstances.
Adrian Hamilton: Obama is showing us how to live without our comfort blanket
Monday, 28 September 2009
British policy has been based on showing itself useful to Washington across the whole gamut of policy
Rhetoric against Iran must be cooled for sake of the Middle East
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Adrian Hamilton: Latest Iranian admission only adds fuel to a furious row, stoked up by Israel, some of Iran's Arab neighbours and the American right.
How did we ever think greed was good?
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Two generations ago cupidity was thought bad and bonuses didn't exist. In the last generation, all that altered. As the G20 meets, Adrian Hamilton considers how Britain has changed and asks whether we are now moving to a new age of restraint.
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