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Ethnic nationalism
Posted on 08/04/2008 | 2 CommentsAn 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 is thought about), it actually represents its triumph. (“Us and Them – The Enduring Power... -
Lessons from the Chatham Islands
Posted on 03/02/2008 | No CommentsA 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 anonymous visitor, he is wrong. First, though, where are the Chatham Islands and why are... -
Henry V
Posted on 27/08/2007 | No CommentsThe 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 made in 1944 as a piece of war propaganda, it was impossible not to be... -
Blair at war
Posted on 18/01/2007 | No CommentsTony 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 operational and not really of interest here, but his words on the purpose of the... -
An argument against pacifism
Posted on 21/12/2006 | 1 CommentI 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 by the talk, and I’m afraid I wasn’t very impressed by the book, either. The... -
Cleverer but no wiser
Posted on 04/12/2006 | No CommentsA 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 or worse. Is there more war and violence in the world these days, or less?... -
Can we justify killing the children of Lebanon?
Posted on 06/08/2006 | No CommentsYet 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 few days, it is still true, in principle, that when Israeli rockets kill civilians, they... -
The truth about Lebanon
Posted on 25/07/2006 | 2 CommentsAn 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 his party out of government) he has gone to Princeton to teach politics and, presumably,... -
War is hell
Posted on 03/06/2006 | 1 CommentThe 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 their surviving colleagues go on the rampage in the neighbourhood, leaving 24 Iraqi civilians dead.... -
From chaos to cosmos
Posted on 31/05/2006 | No CommentsBy way of contrast with the speech by Tony Blair, and to prove that this blog is not always critical of politicians, let me refer you to the recent pamphlet published by Lord Archer of Sandwell QC. Peter Archer, as he was before acquiring a...
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