Westphalia: The Treaties of Osnabrück and Münster (1648)
Central to the understanding of the modern system of state sovereignty is the Peace of Westphalia
12 February 2025 - 14:30
The CCP and the Taliban: An Unlikely Friendship
"The Chinese government’s controversial treatment of the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang ... has taken less precedence than the potential geopolitical gains for the Taliban; the latter going so far as to outlaw Uyghur Muslim fighters ..."
13 September 2021 - 09:32
“The Role of ASEAN Is Highly Underappreciated”: An Exclusive Interview with Professor Michael Plummer
"It is a region with 50% more people than the European Union and it is very politically, economically, and culturally diverse..."
27 March 2021 - 12:07
Government Meddling with the Genocide Amendment Damages Britain’s International Credibility
"The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union ... is an opportunity for our Government to play a leading role in a unified effort to hold China to account ..."
18 February 2021 - 12:21
Understanding US Policy towards China under a Biden Administration
The United States is expected to balance cooperation and competition with China under a Joe Biden administration.
10 February 2021 - 16:48
ASEAN Will Refuse to Choose Sides in Any China-US Conflict: An Exclusive Interview with Professor Tan See Seng
"While existing regional frameworks ... have solid cooperative dimensions to them, their raison d’être is really the strengthening of individual state strength and capacity rather than regional organisation and its supporting architecture."
15 December 2020 - 21:26
Baroness Cox Blasts Azeri Attack on Artsakh
"Although Shushi was occupied by Azerbaijan for decades ..., it was originally a recognised centre of Armenian culture in the Caucasus, ... until thousands of Armenians were massacred in March 1920. The then Archbishop was decapitated and his head was put on display on a pole."
12 October 2020 - 08:51
The Human Rights Council: A Pointless UN Body?
"Blameworthy actions are being carried out by many [UNHCR] members, including Libya (armed conflict; arbitrary arrests; human trafficking; harsh, even life-threatening prison conditions), Mauritania (nearly 100,000 people are slaves; exercising one's freedom of religion or expression can be punishable by death), and Sudan (assaults on and murder of human rights advocates and journalists)."
3 October 2020 - 20:52
Kissinger’s Self-Penned Eulogy
"The world is not going to be Globalized around a Washington DC “papacy” and it looks like the Multipolar vision will win out slowly over time."
11 May 2020 - 06:01
South Africa’s Efforts to Stabilise Lesotho Have Failed. Less Intervention May Be More Effective
"South Africa’s intervention seems to have temporarily quieted this recent crisis. But it will do nothing to alleviate the long-term problems that cause instability in the country. In fact, it may worsen them."
6 May 2020 - 15:48
President Trump Halts Funding to World Health Organization Over Their Handling of the Coronavirus
"The United States has a duty to insist on full accountability, one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the W.H.O. was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations..."
17 April 2020 - 08:44
Globalisation: The God That Failed
"The counter-reformation left would have you believe that the return to nation, custom and tradition is the expression of underlying Western racism, and a prelude to the re-emergence of fascism. The more correct Reformation analogy, however, is a movement against the corruption and decadence within the Church of Globalism, whose synod is estranged from representative democracy or any real accountability."
24 March 2020 - 16:48
Tim Kirby: Kosovo’s Potential ‘Unrecognition’
"So despite Serbian optimism nation-state recognition is very much on the side of small breakaway states ... and even if support for Kosovo continues to erode nothing will ultimately change until Washington changes its mind."
14 March 2020 - 07:48
Agriculture and Fishing / Brexit / Defence and Security / Economy / Environment / Finance and Banking / International Relations / Law / Travel and Transportation
The French Senate’s Brexit Committee’s Recommendations to the French Government, 2 March 2020
"Rappelle son opposition de principe à toute perspective qui aboutirait à réserver un sort spécifique à la question de la pêche, sous la forme d’un « Brexit » sectoriel, dont les premières victimes ne manqueraient pas d’être les pêcheurs de l’Union..."
10 March 2020 - 04:48
Tom Luongo: Erdogan or Erdo-gone in Turkey?
"Failure at this level of international high stakes poker usually ends badly for the guy who bets the farm on a bluff."
5 March 2020 - 22:48
Tom Luongo: Has Erdogan Finally Lost His Center?
"At the end of the day, neither Russia nor the U.S. would be sad to see him leave the political stage. And Erdogan’s latest forays have him critically over-extended after years of craftily manipulating events to his advantage."
26 February 2020 - 16:48
Diplomatic Immunity and RAF Croughton: Trump Goes After the Brits
"...Anne Sacoolas, was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the road near the RAF Croughton airbase in Northamptonshire, which hosts the communications facility, when she had a head on collision with motorcyclist Harry Dunn, killing him instantly."
22 February 2020 - 10:48
Just Go Now! “Prat” Ambassador in Morocco Asked to Quit Post NOW Over Gibraltar Row, Leaving British Residents in Marrakesh Wide Open to New Terror Attack
"In a radio interview with a Moroccan journalist Mr Reilly warns Rabat not to develop relations with Gibraltar as this would anger Madrid."
19 February 2020 - 01:48
The Plague of Locusts Wreaking Havoc on Pakistan Appears to Have Crossed into Xinjiang Province, China
"Xinjiang is the only province that direct borders Pakistan-controlled territory, although India has also started to face problems with locust infestations, and recently announced that it would be cooperating with Pakistan on measures to alleviate the problem."
18 February 2020 - 18:12
Why Both Republicans and Democrats Want Russia to Become the Enemy of Choice
"Donald Trump’s erratic rule has certainly dismayed many of his former supporters, but the Democratic Party is offering nothing but another helping of ... establishment war against the world."
7 February 2020 - 19:48
Aid: A History of Waste and Self-Harm
"One of the few benefits of Soviet rule was equality of the sexes and the opportunities it afforded women. Islamification is reversing that."
27 January 2020 - 00:05
Why Boris Johnson Is Right to Rule Out a “Transition” Extension
"So, when the EU says that not everything can be agreed by 31 December 2020, that is fine. The only constructive way out ... is to agree what can be agreed, and find an equitable transition for those issues that remain."
25 January 2020 - 07:48
Larry C. Johnson: The Military and State Can’t Handle the Trump Truth
Trump "was factually correct. We defeated the Japanese and German armies in four years. Here we are entering our 19th year of a meaningless war in Afghanistan..."
20 January 2020 - 12:48
General Boris: Time to Look at the Other Side of the Hill
"We are leaving the EU. Why on earth would there be any ‘as if’ for any EU directive?"
18 January 2020 - 23:55