Comment is Freed
Sam Freedman, Lawrence Freedman, Emma ChamberlainPolitics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman
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Madmen and Realists
Although this post is on foreign policy it is by Sam not Lawrence! It originally appeared as a review of two books in the Times Literary Supplement: “US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory” by James D. Boys and “First Among Equals” by Emma...
How to kill a popular policy
Opposing action to tackle climate change is getting trickier.
Opposing action to tackle climate change is getting trickier. Back in the early 1990s you could just deny it was happening. A group of fossil fuel companies set up a front organ...
Good Wars, Bad Wars, and Stupid Wars
Could the war in Iran do even more damage to the US than Iraq?
I remarked to Sam that Donald Trump’s war with Iran seemed to be the stupidest war ever and he challenged me to back it up. I couldn’t because history is full of stupid wars. I...
The war against empathy
Last week Reform’s treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick set out proposals to cut welfare spending on working age adults in half.
Last week Reform’s treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick set out proposals to cut welfare spending on working age adu...
Will Russia change course without a "cliff-edge" crisis? Will Netanyahu lose the Israeli election? How should we spend our defence budget?
Answering your questions
Thank you for lots of great questions. Sam posted his answers earlier in the week - covering topics from whether they’ll be an early election, to why Burnham isn’t talking much about climate change, and whether Ref...
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