Another article by Tom Tugendhat on defence procurement. Fragmented force Why Europe struggles with capability and readiness https://thereset.tomtugendhat.org/p/fragmented-force ..European armed forc… (View Post)

But closing down businesses isn't, and prices have contributed to the demise of manufacturing industry. In theory renewables - particularly solar - ought to drive down prices. In practice that h… (View Post)

Why did no democracies object to this ? The Islamic regime in Iran has just been elected as Vice-Chair of the U.N. Commission for Social Development, whose priority theme will be promoting democracy,… (View Post)

It's potentially interesting, as the EU seems to have started to recognise (rather belatedly) the dangers of deindustrialization, and this is an attempt to address that. The policies, though, ha… (View Post)

Or they might do better, since they wouldn't have been in that government ? You can't simply assume they'd inherit all of the negatives and not bring any positives of their own. (View Post)