Well yes. (View Post)

Mm. I've mentioned this before, but I'm greatly troubled by the creeping normalisation of halal. (View Post)

Intuitively, no. And yet it worked for America from the late 30s onwards. I struggle to fully draw the thread between cause and effect, but having the military power to bring about the outcomes you w… (View Post)

I think - though I may be wrong - that the author of that book - Francis Fukuyama - is one of those unfortunate people whose fate it is that people remember him as making the exact opposite point to … (View Post)

Yes, and yes: the period between the end of the cold war and the twin towers attack were without doubt the halcyon days. Remarkably worry-free. I also thought that the Labour government of the time w… (View Post)