The Kosovo-Georgia connection
In writing about Kosovo and Georgia, I am handicapped by having no first-hand experience of the area, apart from having served in Moscow in the early 1970s, including a brief visit to Georgia during...
Author: Brian
Georgia and Russia: the widening transatlantic gap (with 18 August update)
It's increasingly depressing to observe what appears to be a steadily widening gap between the reactions to the Georgia crisis in the US and those of liberal and other opinion in Europe, revealing fundamental...
Georgia and Russia: delusions and realities
Some lessons from western mistakes in its policies towards Russia, Georgia, secessionist movements, and spheres of influence [More >>>]
What is, or was, the Labour Party for?
What does or should the Labour Party stand for? Some preliminary suggestions [More >>>]
Thoughts on this and (especially) that
Reflections on Gordon Brown, votes at 16, the double high commissioner appointment, MPs on government gagging of ex-diplomats, the Olympic Follies and the US elections [More >>>]
Vote for your top ten blogs
Vote for your ten favourite UK politics blogs by e-mail to [email protected] [More >>>]
Kosovo: the terrible aftermath
International administration of Kosovo has failed to bring development, as an authoritative LRB article demonstrates. Now Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence, not universally recognised, leaves it in limbo with little prospect of future prosperity — another western blunder following that of 1999 [More >>>]
Who lost Glasgow East for Labour?
A friend analyses the reasons for the Glasgow East fiasco, attributing most blame to GB [More >>>]
Song lyrics then and now
Comparing Bob Dylan with Blake, and the Arctic Monkeys with Maschwitz: snobbery and pedantry? [More >>>]