The split isn't that big actually. I would have thought it might have been bigger. The issue won't be whether it is happening but what do we do? Impoverishing ourselves whilst the world as a whole do… (View Post)

There has been much unwise talk of offering an 'off ramp' for Putin. However we should have done a lot more to promote the idea of an off ramp for Russia. One analysis I saw showed that a lot of Russ… (View Post)

I'm referring to the Biden administration. (View Post)

So a result in the cricket seems likely. According to the cliche, Americans don't understand games that end in a draw. However it increasingly seems like that is what they want out of the Russia/Ukra… (View Post)

It's 603,000 km2 including Crimea I believe. I imagine part of the reason the Ukrainians haven't immediately committed all their stuff to the new offensive is they don't trust their western partners … (View Post)