China, Russia, Covid-19 and the EU
14
Mar
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Category Archives: asia
My January Reads
22
Jan
The Roaring Twenties began with a bang. Whatever else the decade may bring, chronologers will look back on its opening fortnight as momentous. The tone was set by the January 3 hit on General Quassem Suleimani, followed five days later … Read More »
Jill Stein on North Korea
1
Mar
I’m no great fan – though as I said at close of a longish post in the run up to November 2016, Jill Stein would have had my vote as least worst option had I been an American citizen – … Read More »
Geopolitics in the Caspian Sea
19
Aug
I’ve a habit of saying I’ll do something, only to be diverted by something else. A two year delay in my post on whether, on consideration, I still think 9/11 ‘truthers’ deluded is a case in point. More pressing is … Read More »
Boris Johnson: a vulgar joke but …
27
Jul
Guardian today. Click on the image below to access the full piece. A few of the BTL responses:
North Korea’s nukes
27
Apr
See also North Korea? The problem is Washington I make a point of checking into centrist media like FP and Al-Monitor from time to time. Though essentially supportive of a rotten global status quo, both have their uses. Al-Monitor frequently … Read More »
Perilous days
3
Sep
In a Sputnik article last month, replicated in the excellent Off-Guardian, Pepe Escobar gives a useful appraisal of the conflicting interests of China and the USA in the South China Sea. It’s a well informed piece and I recommend it, though … Read More »
Moonshine
11
Mar
“We have a saying in the north”, Sa tells me. “We let our young people go south to fight. So many never returned, and now we wonder why they went.” There’s a sheen to his boyish features. A dash too of … Read More »