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  • NATO, Europe and the question of Ukraine

    It is strange that when a country invades part of your territory, you are not allowed to attack the supply line that is enabling the attacking power to invade your territory in the first place. Ukraine is in this position, a position of weakness because it cannot attack Russia’s supply lines with the Western weapons…

  • ICC, what went wrong for Netanyahu

    Its hard to feel sorry for Netanyahu, he was warned repeatedly that Israel was breaking International Law, but did not do anything to manage the events happening in the West Bank or Gaza. You would expect a but at this point, but there isn’t one. The international community had warned Israel in a thousand different…

  • The lost voices of the dispossessed

    Everyday arguments meant that politicians popularised arguments, which they pushed through by deposing those who could not communicate in the same manner as the law makers. Laws became entrenched by government edicts and the main pusher of these arguments were broadcasters -especially the BBC, which moved from being a News outlet into being a great…

  • Sudan – the forgotten war

    There is a scenario that between 500,000 and 1 million Sudanese will die of starvation or disease in Sudan. Food prices have increased by up to 83% because farmers have not been able to gather the harvest. The fighting has moved from the centre of Khartoum to the province of Gezira the breadbasket of Sudan and is proving…

  • Revisionists and war

    It is just about the only time that arguments are defined biblically, but the start of extended wars has encapsulated not just Netanyahu but also Putin. The war in Gaza is one of biblical proportions according to the hard line cabinet that Netanyahu has gathered as a government. In many ways Putin has argued that…

  • Is Myanmar close to finding a negotiated return to democracy

    Myanmar is complicated, it is really a number of states in a state. It is also a geopolitical hotspot where the big game is played for the wealth and strategic alliances that can be made by small and large nations. Groups are fighting a war to return the country to civilian rule, but it is…