The problem is what Xi's proteges will see as 'stability' and what we would see as 'stability' are two rather different things - and not in a good way from our point of view. (View Post)

I'm not old enough to remember WW2 but I still viewed it as a 'significant event' if only because so many people kept talking about it. Or the moon landing, if you want a narrower para… (View Post)

That's not quite fair. The ICC did ban Steve Smith when he was caught cheating, although I"m not sure what the UN had to do with it. Oh, you don't mean the International Cricket Counci… (View Post)

Yes, but it would have been slower. Just as atomic energy and weapons would have been developed, but it would have taken more time. Or indeed, in medical terms again, penicillin. War injects massive … (View Post)

It's a possibility, although it would be a dramatic break with tradition from him. But from what I have heard, I would actually suggest the most likely left-field candidate is the vaccines devel… (View Post)