Presumably it is to do with domestic politics - there is a realistic prospect of Sinn Fein topping the polls and it seems clear having a pro-Palestinian stance goes down well with at least a signific… (View Post)
If you had looked at Irish independence in 1926 i.e. four years after the Free State left the UK, you would have said that independence had been a disaster - Civil War, economic trade war with its ma… (View Post)
True but a collapse is unlikely to be gradual and linear, more than it reaches a tipping point and then builds up its own momentum. It is coming to winter and Ukraine should / will be better equipped… (View Post)
Has Hamas played a blinder? I would argue not: 1 The hoped-for uprising amongst Middle East populations hasn't happened. So far, the Middle East and North African states are keeping a grip on their p… (View Post)