A newsletter devoted not to polemic, but to trying to make sense of today's world.
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No Direction Home.
I haven’t decided yet whether to go to see Christopher Nolan’s new film about Odysseus. Like a lot of people, I suspect, I’ve been a little put off by all the artificial controversy being deliberately generated about the film, and by the us...
Because We Say So.
Last week, we looked at some of the more practical and structural reasons for the increasing loss of western influence around the world, in those many subtle interactions between states and their servants and influencers that have little to...
Don't Expect Respect.
It’s not especially controversial these days to argue that the political, economic and military strength of the West is in severe decline. Perhaps it’s not to the extent that some wring their hands over, or others lick their lips over, but...
While We Were Sleeping.
I’m reliably informed that there are people in Washington and other western capitals who were “surprised” by the ineffectiveness of the recent US/Israeli campaign against Iran, and by the effective surrender of the US as demonstrated in the...
21st Century Schizoid Man.
Last week’s essay on the importance of psychological factors in international politics sparked a lot of interest and some debate, but I was conscious that, once again, I had been obliged to skate over the surface of many important subjects,...
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