Lucio Levi, Federalist Thinking, Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2008 Federalist Thinking is a concise and comprehensive account of the development of federalism from its starting point in history […]
New book: “Federalist Thinking” by Lucio Levi Read More »
An article in the latest issue of the ever-excellent “Foreign Affairs” suggests that, rather than the European Union representing the defeat of nationalism (as is the conventional way the EU
Ethnic nationalism Read More »
A visitor to the blog objected to my post on the thrill of power, suggesting that the history of the Chatham Islands provides a counter-argument. With due respect to the
Lessons from the Chatham Islands Read More »
The National Film Theatre in London is showing a season of films by Laurence Olivier, and I went to see his performance of Henry V. Knowing that the film was
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
I wrote a few posts ago about a talk by Mark Kurlansky, author of “Nonviolence: the history of a dangerous idea”. I’ve now read the book. I wasn’t very impressed
An argument against pacifism Read More »
A discussion last week between A C Grayling and Mark Kurlansky on the subject “Fighting Talk: Pacifism, War and International Relations” raised the question of whether things are getting better
Cleverer but no wiser Read More »
Yet again, an article by Boris Johnson spurs this blog into action. Read the whole article here, but the important bit is this: “Whatever the hideous shambles of the past
Can we justify killing the children of Lebanon? Read More »
An excellent posting by Joschka Fischer, former German foreign minister, on the Guardian comment site here. Since leaving the Bundestag after the last election (in which the grand coalition pushed
The truth about Lebanon Read More »
The reports of the massacre in Haditha are the definition of a shock but not a surprise. Some US marines deployed in Iraq are killed by a roadside bomb and
