The recent incident in Mexico, the slaughter of women and children by drug gangs brought to mind my earlier posts about what constitutes a “failed state”. “The classical definition of a failed […]
Iraq, a Failed State
With elections in Iraq due on 7 March I reprint below a paper I wrote in April 2005, now right on five years ago. I believe what I wrote was, and still […]
Iraq: Looking Ahead from the Past
This Post below is a reprint from 2005 and although there are some points with regard to weighting I might change, the overall view is one I still hold, namely that Iraq […]
Trump’s Global Hotspots
I began writing this blog post about global hotspots three weeks ago assuming Hillary Clinton would be the next president of the United States. The Global Hotspots remain the same but how […]
Sanctions, are they successful?
Sanctions seldom work and, if pursued, they can have unintended consequences. One of the best examples was the oil embargo imposed by the United States on Japan in 1941, which prompted Japan […]
Ongoing Arab Spring II
This blog can best be summarised at the outset with lines by the witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth……. “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble” I last wrote […]
Global Perspective 2012
After an alcoholic induced euphoria on New Year’s Eve, a geopolitical hangover looms…. The first of these is the Hot Arab Winter to come…. Looking beyond the hype about the Arab Spring, […]
Condolezza Rice, Dominatrix
When Condolezza Rice was appointed Secretary of State she stated she would be a travelling Secretary of State, more so than Powell who had to stay in Washington and spend his time […]
Nationalism and Wars of Liberation
At the heart of America’s post 9/11 foreign policy is the thesis that all countries are desirous first and foremost of freedom and with it free elections. America sees itself as the […]
Nationalism and Wars of Liberation
At the heart of America’s post 9/11 foreign policy is the thesis that all countries are desirous first and foremost of freedom and with it free elections. America sees itself as the […]
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