Edmund Fitton-Brown

Edmund Fitton-Brown is a former UK ambassador to Yemen, and former UN coordinator. He is currently a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Trump is right to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood

Donald Trump has begun the process of banning the Muslim Brotherhood. The US President asked his officials last week to investigate whether certain chapters of the group should be classed as foreign terrorist organisations, which would result in economic and travel sanctions. Some are portrayed this as a reckless lurch into Islamophobia. In fact, it

The United Nations is falling apart

As the world’s leaders and foreign ministers meet in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, recognition of a Palestinian state is being paraded as progress towards peace. In reality, it is nothing of the sort. It only confirms what has become increasingly obvious to anyone watching the UN over the