A measured comment from Nick - too measured IMO. A quick response. 1. Yes. Indeed, it's pretty much entirely imperialism, both practically and psychologically. Indeed, worse, it's ethnic nationalism … (View Post)

Quite. This mantra that 'all wars end in negotiations' is a lot more complex than it sounds (unsurprisingly). In fact, the number of wars that end with meaningful negotiations, where the two (or more… (View Post)

I'm afraid both of those options have to be on the table. Putin needs to be told that Ukraine sits under NATO's nuclear umbrella and that if he nukes it, Russia will cease to exist. And shipping regi… (View Post)

Neither of those points is right, really. The 'settlements' were imposed in 1919 and 1940, with the defeated party unable to resist terms and no negotiations meaningful of the name took place. Obviou… (View Post)

Preventing them from owning their own homes until they're 50 might have even more to do with it. (View Post)