Max Hastings

The BBC Is Struggling to Survive the Era of Fake News

A group of Zurich University researchers this year published a study comparing the vulnerability of 18 advanced societies to online misinformation. The best defended, they concluded, were the Nordic nations, led by Finland, with a resilience score of +7, followed by Denmark with +5. The UK ranked…

Biden Transition Tests the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’

Presidential transitions, even when they are less fraught than this one, prompt more apprehension among America’s allies than among its enemies. This is especially true of the British. The British government is exerting itself to show the incoming Joe Biden administration that the UK remains a…

What Biden’s Win Means for Europe

Through the past days and weeks, the governments of Europe have found the US electoral suspense as gripping and fearful as any American. After four years of White House insults and snubs, they are hoping desperately for a reversion to alliance diplomacy and politics, a return to the pursuit of…