The war in Afghanistan is too expensive
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …