The partisan kickabout doesn't really bother or interest me. What I want to see is the government of the day taking the necessary action on defence, and opposition politicians putting pressure o… (View Post)

That is what Carney was suggesting, but such an approach has its limits. Look at the time it has taken for the Coalition of the Willing to come to with a plan for assisting post-ceasefire Ukraine. It… (View Post)

It's a path that we have been walking the other direction on since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. (View Post)

I think the bold thing, and the way to move this beyond the Brexit debate, is to move the geographic focus away from Europe alone - the EU, yes, but also Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia. All th… (View Post)

As per Carney's speech, it's to the benefit of middle-ranking powers that there are an agreed set of international rules that everyone chooses to abide by voluntarily. Britain has benefited… (View Post)