North Korea: Calmer Waters Ahead?
“Something unusual seems to be happening in Pyongyang and it’s probably time to think about the future a bit more seriously. We are heading towards serious changes, and nobody seems pre...Read more
View ArticleIsrael/Iran: Why Washington is Wrong
“In the gap between Washington’s and Jerusalem’s views of Iran lies the question: who, if anyone, will stop Iran before it goes nuclear, and how?” Jeffrey Goldberg (Sept...Read more
View ArticleUK Comprehensive Spending Review: "There Is No Alternative"
In an echo of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s famous “TINA” maxim from the 1980s, UK Chancellor George Osborne, presenting the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review...Read more
View ArticleAlastair Newton and Ritika Sen -India And The US: "Natural Allies" Or Uneasy...
For the first two years of his presidency, Barack Obama appeared to be paying little attention to India, certainly relative to his predecessor, George W Bush, who had overseen the unprecede...Read more
View ArticleEgypt On The Brink - But Of What?
“Egypt’s army…may now be developing a new vision of how the state’s interests ought to be preserved – one that need not include Mr Mubarak.” Bassma Kodmani,...Read more
View ArticleChina/US - Two "Indispensible Powers"
The phrase “indispensible power” is most closely associated with Madeleine Albright, who first used it publicly to describe the United States shortly after she was sworn in as Secretary...Read more
View ArticleThe Thick Red Line
In this column Alastair Newton and Ritika Sen argue that although the three elections – in the US in November 2012, in Israel in January 2013 and in Iran in June 2013 – could all have a si...Read more
View ArticleThe Rein of Spain
Alastair Newton explores recent politics in Catalonia, the region’s relations with Madrid and its future potential EU membership.Contrary to the claims of its president, Artur Mas, I do not beli...Read...
View ArticleWhat would a President Trump’s Foreign Policy look like?
Although one should always be cautious about what is said on ‘the stump’, the few clues we have point to renewed US isolationism under a President Trump.The ‘inevitable’ candid...Read more
View ArticleNorth Korea: US Unilateral Action or Deeper Sino-US cooperation?
Alastair Newton argues that, although the military option against North Korea cannot be ruled out, it looks unlikely to be pursued by the US for now. Rather, more sanctions and, possibly, diplomacy...
View ArticleBrexit: May, You Live in Interesting Times
The outcome of the UK’s 8 June general election has re-opened the question of whether to go for a hard or soft Brexit. But the balance has certainly not tilted decisively towards the latter and ...Read...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Of Troubled Waters and Oil
Once the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China is behind us next month, Xi Jinping may be willing and able to strike a deal with Donald Trump under the terms of which China would completely...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Calmer Waters Ahead?
“Something unusual seems to be happening in Pyongyang and it’s probably time to think about the future a bit more seriously. We are heading towards serious changes, and nobody seems…
View ArticleIsrael/Iran: Why Washington is Wrong
“In the gap between Washington’s and Jerusalem’s views of Iran lies the question: who, if anyone, will stop Iran before it goes nuclear, and how?” Jeffrey Goldberg (…
View ArticleUK Comprehensive Spending Review: "There Is No Alternative"
In an echo of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s famous “TINA” maxim from the 1980s, UK Chancellor George Osborne, presenting the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review…
View ArticleAlastair Newton and Ritika Sen -India And The US: "Natural Allies" Or Uneasy...
For the first two years of his presidency, Barack Obama appeared to be paying little attention to India, certainly relative to his predecessor, George W Bush, who had overseen the…
View ArticleEgypt On The Brink - But Of What?
“Egypt’s army…may now be developing a new vision of how the state’s interests ought to be preserved – one that need not include Mr Mubarak.” Bassma Kodmani,…
View ArticleChina/US - Two "Indispensible Powers"
The phrase “indispensible power” is most closely associated with Madeleine Albright, who first used it publicly to describe the United States shortly after she was sworn in as Secretary…
View ArticleThe Thick Red Line
In this column Alastair Newton and Ritika Sen argue that although the three elections – in the US in November 2012, in Israel in January 2013 and in Iran in June 2013 – could all have a…
View ArticleThe Rein of Spain
Alastair Newton explores recent politics in Catalonia, the region’s relations with Madrid and its future potential EU membership. Contrary to the claims of its president, Artur Mas, I do not…
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