This blog has warned before that the strategy being pursued by Nato in Afghanistan will fail for financial reasons, a prediction that is borne out by the latest reports. The […]
The war in Afghanistan is too expensive Read More »
Numerous commentators have looked for historical parallels for the war in Afghanistan, the repeated attempts at occupation by the British during the 19th century and the Soviet invasion in 1979
The Afghan war: a lesson from history Read More »
George W Bush won the 2000 presidential election arguing that America should turn away from the nation-building efforts that had characterised Bill Clinton’s foreign policy and focus more narrowly on
Two points about Afghanistan Read More »
The newspapers and airwaves, having speculated and then reported on the outcome of the US election, are now speculating about what it means. The biggest significance will be for American
What Barack Obama does next Read More »
Tony Blair’s speech on the role of the UK armed forces last week deserves some attention on this blog. (Read the speech here.) A lot of what he said was
By Richard Laming Published in The Sunday Times, 7 January 2007 In reviewing Britain’s relations with her allies, Sir Christopher Meyer advises against trusting other European countries too far because of
The analysis of the Middle East crisis set out in Tony Blair’s speech in Los Angeles seems to me to be confused, distracted, even almost deranged. Read the speech here,
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By Richard Laming The military action in Afghanistan has no end in sight. The world still awaits a clear definition of what the war is for. It is clear that
Global justice or national revenge? Read More »
