Several parts of that are badly out of date, however. Several nations he put in his "Orthodox Russian bloc" are closer to the West than ever. A lot of his South American analysis is similar… (View Post)

The Israelis have tried this so many times. They can't, but they can increase the depraved levels of radicalisation among Hamas youth to even greater extents. Without a different external approa… (View Post)

Some reasonable points from Jack Straw PM, which have even improved my opinion of him somewhat. A mea culpa for Iraq, and a warning over incorrect responses to major attacks, such as 9-11. He went on… (View Post)

His new book on Technofeudalism looks relatively interesting, but he's falling more often into the trap of being a bit of a deliberate controversialist these days, which is disappointing. Disapp… (View Post)

Netanyahu is a past war criminal, as are Hamas. Nothing good comes from all this. (View Post)