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Wed, 18/06/2025 - 04:08
Fri 13 Jun 2025 Fiona Hill’s assessment of the Russian threat to Britain is a classic example of how a seemingly rational argument based on a false premise and scanty evidence can lead to a mad conclusion (Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says, 6 … Continue reading Letter in The Guardian: Russia adviser Fiona Hill’s alarming conclusion
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Wed, 18/06/2025 - 04:10
5th of June 2025 In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother’s state of Oceania is perpetually at war. This never-ending conflict is not a conventional war to be won, but rather a tool of control. The paradoxical party slogan “War is Peace” is the key idea. Continuous war justifies continuous surveillance. Orwell’s novel vividly illustrates how … Continue reading 1984 Revisited – Robert Skidelsky and Attila Mesterházy Jr.
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Wed, 18/06/2025 - 04:16
15th of May 2025 As John Lanchester recently remarked (LRB 27 April 2025) ‘However little money there is for anything else, there’s always enough money for a war’. The failures of neoliberal economics threaten all kinds of political backlashes, some of which have already been seen in the nationalist turn of international relations. ‘Military Keynesianism’ … Continue reading Military Keynesianism?
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Wed, 18/06/2025 - 04:21
8th of May 2025 It is right to be suspicious of Putin’s intentions without falling for the idea that he will never stop. In 1836 the liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill claimed that Lord Melbourne’s government was smitten with the “epidemic disease of Russophobia,” an irrational panic that had triggered an unnecessary increase in defense … Continue reading The Nation: Russophobia—an Epidemic Disease?
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Mon, 19/05/2025 - 05:14
Please find my latest podcast appearances from the past month below: Neutrality Studies – Pascal Lottaz: “Britain’s insistence on total Ukrainian victory was misguided – it’s time for a realistic compromise” Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fRekSG5p2U&t=53s Glen Diesen: “Pax-Americana is Over” Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALnyAWz5l8I&t=998s Glen Diesen: “Europe Is Trapped by Its Own Propaganda in Ukraine” Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtDydebAs8k&t=1240s Glen Diesen: … Continue reading Podcast Appearances
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Mon, 14/04/2025 - 20:46
Apr 01, 2025 Crossposted from “Brave New Europe” At last week’s Paris meeting of the ‘coalition of the willing’, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron congratulated themselves on reinserting Europe into the peace process opened up by President Trump. In practice, they have done their best to derail it. Nothing is more foolish than their idea … Continue reading Europe’s Misguided Interventions