This is of course true, refugees nearly always end up mostly in neighbouring countries, and go where they have friends and family. There are some Ukrainians with friends and family in the UK, but not… (View Post)

I don't think "here's what we've been doing to help this country for the last 7 years" is the kind of thing that creates a bounce in a crisis. You need the appearance of *dec… (View Post)

I may be missing some context not being there but I'm not sure who's supposed to be impressed by the British government's response. They had *one job* which was to apply sanctions to R… (View Post)

It's really hard to think of examples where sanctions have produced a change in behaviour. Countries under sanctions generally just seem to become more insular; That's what happened in Nort… (View Post)

It's the long haul probably, Putin's not just going to retire peacefully. Making up with Venezuela is the right move. The US simply doesn't have infinite leverage, and they want a func… (View Post)