The looting of artistic and religious objects from Africa and Asia by British invaders in the 19th century causes much rancorous debate…
There is something hugely hypocritical in the way that American political leaders and media pundits denounce the imprisonment of American citizens abroad,…
Kurds are suffering the greatest collateral damage form the war in Ukraine.Ā Ukrainian refugeesĀ attract global attention, but the Ukraine war has opened the…
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Interview on a descent into nuclear war hell
The only way the Kremlin can even up the balance of military power will be through its nuclear arsenal and, in particular, through its 1,000 to 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons
Now His Political Survival in Russia is in Doubt
Boris Johnson does not Seem to Care
Despite all the apocalyptic predictions of climate catastrophe, the moment when these countries really believe that they face an existential threat has yet to arrive
Old alliances are breaking apart as tectonic changes take place in the way the world works
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