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Hopes for a UN relaunch in Syria

29th September 2015 HughWinter Middle East, World

Yesterday President Obama made a speech to the UN in which he endorsed the aims of the organisation and offered his support to it as the best hope for achieving […]

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Ukraine after Crimean Separation

23rd March 2014 HughWinter Europe, World

The West has mishandled its relationships with Ukraine and with Russia.  President Putin’s annexation of Crimea now looks irreversible – despite the West’s protests.   The West appears impotent, whilst President […]

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The Future of Ukraine

5th March 2014 HughWinter Europe, World

Introduction It isn’t easy to see how Ukraine’s future can now be determined by its people.  By rejecting a negotiated peace-plan, the protesters in Maidan Square have inadvertently (but predictably) […]

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The US and Cuba

15th December 2013 HughWinter American Politics, World

Both Americans and Cubans would benefit from a better relationship between their two countries – but Congress will probably prevent this, to judge by Republican reactions to Tuesday’s handshake between […]

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American moral authority

6th September 2013 HughWinter Middle East, World

The Economist asserted that “Meeting Mr Assad’s atrocities with appropriate force will help to rebuild American moral authority in the world” (Leading Article, 7 Sept: Fight this war, not the […]

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Proposed Intervention in Syria

29th August 2013 HughWinter human rights, Middle East, World

There are obvious comparisons between the current considerations being given to intervention in Syria and the previous political processes which led to the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999 and […]

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Unresolved issues in use of drones

24th May 2013 HughWinter drones, World

In Thursday’s address at National Defense University in Washington DC, President Obama defended the use of drones.  Whilst announcing some welcome restrictions on their use, particularly in banning the use […]

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Peace and Strength

3rd April 2013 HughWinter World

We have been reminded that Ronald Reagan advocated “peace through strength”, which included the twin policies of deterrence and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Deterrence relied on ‘mutually-assured destruction’: it sent the […]

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Drone strikes

7th February 2013 HughWinter drones, terrorism, World

As reported by HuffPost, drone strike limitations are being considered by Congress.  The article doesn’t mention one very good reason for limiting the use of drones: their propaganda impact.  As […]

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