Hopes for a UN relaunch in Syria
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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The Future of Ukraine
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) […]
» Read moreThe US and Cuba
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 […]
» Read moreIntervention in Syria is a Bad Idea
In response to contributors to Prospect Magazine who still advocate intervention in Syria on “moral” grounds, Hugh Winter submitted this comment: President Obama’s concept of a ‘surgical strike’ against Syria […]
» Read moreWhy bank regulation won’t happen
Unsurprisingly there is a public desire to see big banks broken up and to see tighter regulation of the financial system. The population as a whole is suffering under austerity […]
» Read moreUnresolved issues in use of drones
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 […]
» Read morePeace and Strength
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 […]
» Read moreImmigration Control
Immigration policy has become a political football on both sides of the Atlantic. There are substantial popular concerns and politicians, who want to attract voters, respond by taking a populist […]
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