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Russian invasion of Ukraine

16th March 2022 HughWinter Europe, wars

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 Feb 2022 was the result of folly by the political leaders involved.  President Putin’s stated reason for it (which does not justify his actions) […]

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Symbolic air-strike in Syria

7th April 2017 HughWinter Middle East, wars

Donald Trump has acted swiftly in response to Assad’s recent use of chemical weapons in Syria, by bombing the airfield from which the attacks had been launched.  A failure to […]

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Democracy under attack

21st December 2016 HughWinter Europe, terrorism

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market on Monday, 19 December 2016.  Angela Merkel, in a televised broadcast, expressed concern that immigrants might be […]

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Time for realism in Syria

14th October 2015 HughWinter Middle East, wars

William Hague’s thoughtful article in Tuesday’s Telegraph (13 Oct 2015) is based on the mistaken assumption that a Western military intervention in Syria could be helpful.  When you have a […]

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Ukrainian Narratives

15th February 2015 HughWinter Europe

The recent talks in Minsk were reported in the West in terms of a conflict with Russia – as in this week’s Economist leading article, entitled “Putin’s war on the […]

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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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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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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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