What the West can do for Ukraine
What can the West do collectively, and otherwise, in support of Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNudH6y2Ao Watch also: The Russian challenge in Ukraine and a divided Western alliance More…
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Ukraine 2022: assessment, implications, policy options
In the wake of the Geneva meeting of January 21 between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, below is my guidance to ministers focussed on the military-strategic and politico-strategic implications…
Bidenâs fateful Afghanistan decision – Strategic implications
Strategic implications for Europeans? European leaders have little right to complain about American actions given the weakness of the European effort in Afghanistan over the past twenty years. Most Europeans were only present in…
Bidenâs fateful Afghanistan decision: a briefing in two instalments
Smoke and errors It is not quite the First Afghan War redux, but the victory of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is not far short of it. On 1 January 1842, following an âagreementâ between Major-General William Elphinstone,…
G7 and NATO: At the Crossroads of History
On June 10th, against the stunning backdrop of Cornwallâs Carbis Bay, President Joe Biden of the United States and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom signed the New Atlantic Charter. As the signing took place one of…