Monday, August 27, 2018

SENATOR JOHN S. McCAIN III, 1936-2018: REQUIESCAT IN PACE

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"John McCain was born to fight. He did so in the skies and fields of war, in Vietnam, and in politics, soaring to become the Republican...
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Friday, August 03, 2018

PETER, THE 6TH BARON CARRINGTON, 1919-2018: REQUIESCAT IN PACE

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"Lord Carrington, who has died at the age of 99, was Margaret Thatcher's first foreign secretary, renowned for the Rhodesia settlem...
Friday, June 29, 2018

CHINA ON THE TRUMPIAN NIGHTMARE THAT IS AMERICAN DIPLOMACY

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" China’s President Xi Jinping told visiting US defence secretary Jim Mattis that China would not yield “one inch” of the South China S...
Friday, June 22, 2018

DONALD TRUMP IN SINGAPORE: THE DIPLOMACY OF A CHIMPANZEE

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"The surreal meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday was perhaps best summed up by the performance of form...
Friday, June 01, 2018

WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG WITH 'POPULISTS' ITALIAN-STYLE: A COMMENT

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"Italy’s new government was sworn in on Friday, ending the country’s longest postwar political crisis but pushing the eurozone’s third-...
Friday, May 25, 2018

THE COLLAPSE OF THE TRUMPIAN DREAM OF A NORTH KOREAN SUMMIT: A COMMENT

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" President Donald Trump has cancelled a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after a week when both sides fell back into the ki...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

REVIEW: NIALL FERGUSON, KISSINGER: 1923-1968: THE IDEALIST.

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The following is a book review of mine just published by the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History . ‘This is a biog...