Author: Peter Young

Peter Young

A former Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, Peter Young is a policy analyst who worked on projects in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2011.

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Why the West failed in Afghanistan

THE DECISION by the Biden Administration to abandon Afghanistan is obviously foolish. The reputation of the West as trustworthy and competent will be undermined. International

August 16, 2021

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The desperate Cuban people reach for freedom

SHOUTING ‘freedom’, ‘down with communism’ and ‘down with the dictatorship’, thousands of Cubans across their island have, for the first time in many years, taken

July 21, 2021

Think Business

Why have SNP MPs nominated a forced labour programme for the Nobel Peace Prize?

IS IT POSSIBLE to find a more unsuitable candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize than a forced labour programme of a communist state that is

February 24, 2021

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Why the West failed in Afghanistan

The desperate Cuban people reach for freedom

Why have SNP MPs nominated a forced labour programme for the Nobel Peace Prize?

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