Undoubtedly, Bloomberg will be forced to expand on many of the foreign policy issues but my reaction to the Q&A in the link below, very briefly, is the following, the agreements, and […]
Failed States: Mexico, Iraq and Libya
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 […]
Liberal Democracy, Governance East and West
Whether Liberal or Conservative, American “Think Tanks” pursue the same Sinophobic policy line and typical of their dross was the comment by Melanie Hart of the CAP, Centre for America Progress at […]
Russian Diplomacy in Syria
As promised, here is a sequel to my Blog Post of 20 October in which I foresaw several possible conflicts arising amongst Turkey, the Syrian government and Turkey, the major players. But […]
Foreign Meddling in and Overthrow of Foreign Governments
The Pot calling the Kettle Black There is much ado about Russia’s meddling in US 2016 elections but no space in the media has been given over to the US’s record of […]
Turkey, Syria, the Kurds: Past and Present Revised
The debacle in Turkey for Turkey, Syria and the Kurds has its roots extending back to the Ottoman Empire, its collapse and the Sykes-Picot carve-up in 1916 of the remnants of the […]
Turkey, Syria, the Kurds, Past and Present, Revised
The debacle in Turkey for Turkey, Syria and the Kurds has its roots extending back to the Ottoman Empire, its collapse and the Sykes-Picot carve-up in 1916 of the remnants of the […]
China, Russia, the US and The Thucydides Trap
Greek history and Thucydides’s Peloponnesian Wars in the 4th century BCE still have relevance in the 21st century. Graham Allison, Harvard political scientist and professor, coined the term The Thucydides Trap, to the […]
A March to War?
Are we now on a march to war? What the US avoided during the Cold War is now looking like a distinct possibility, namely a war with Russia and perhaps, China. The […]
The United States versus The United States
US Foreign policy does seem to be designed to work against US interests everywhere in every way. Examples that spring to mind are Syria and the US relations with China and Russia. […]
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