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...
Category: International Affairs
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 >>>]
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 >>>]
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 >>>]
International relations: a website for students — and others
A new website for students’ essays on international affairs and for comments by more established writers is a useful new resource [More >>>]
A modest programme to save Gordon Brown (and Britain)
A 10 + 1 point programme for saving Gordon Brown and the nation, more in hope than expectation [More >>>]
The Irish referendum: how to restore confidence in our political leaders
Lessons of the Irish No vote on the Lisbon treaty: more equitable distribution of the burden of dealing with renewed inflation might help to restore confidence in political leaders and willingness to accept their recommendations on EU reform [More >>>]
The Diva and the Little Black Dress
A not too serious video clip marks diva Deborah Voigt’s return to Covent Garden as Ariadne after a 4-year-old argument about a little black dress [More >>>]