Julian Lindley-French

A regular contributor to Aspenia online, Julian Lindley-French is co-author of “Future War and the Defence of Europe”. He is also Chairman of The Alphen Group, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft and Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Malicious intent in Mali? American and British views of France’s intervention

Julian Lindley-French Mar 6, 2013

Late February 2013 a US congressional delegation made a one-day visit to the Malian capital, Bamako. Senator Christopher Coons, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations sub-committee on Africa noted that, “US law prohibited direct…

How Syria can be saved

Julian Lindley-French Dec 20, 2012

The Syrian civil war is about the transfer of power from a minority to a majority in the context of massive demographic change and a violently unstable Middle East region. The Syrian peace will be about the coherence of that majority and…

Celebrating peace in Europe: that was then, this is now

Julian Lindley-French Oct 17, 2012

There was much excitement in Brussels last week when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the EU. Not only did I as a European citizen feel that all my efforts to save the world these twenty plus years past have been finally recognized but…

Romney’s isolationism and internationalism as seen from the UK

Julian Lindley-French Jan 10, 2012

Should he gain high office, Mitt Romney has promised to replace the bust of Sir Winston Churchill that President Obama had removed from the Oval Office. Given the gaffe-prone nature of Romney’s campaign, Sir Winston may have to wait a tad…

9/11: The bonfire of false certainties

Julian Lindley-French Sep 7, 2011

The nineteenth century French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville was writing about “l’ancien regime” less than a lifetime after the 1789 French Revolution. The French people, Tocqueville wrote, had cut their destiny in two and were…

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