Working & Coordinating with Allies; Well that’s odd; all I heard from “allies” so far is is a deafening “shhh”! Well, to be honest though when rules are broken by those who are supposed to be the rule makers/protectors then what we see today (if true)/and have been seeing for […]
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In the News – South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Movement
Echo’s from the West; Once upon a time we used to brag of the wests soft power approach in promoting liberal/democratic values around the world. Though it was by no means perfect in terms results due to several factors including consistency it was at least compatible with our belief system. […]
Read MoreIn the News – France may soon overtake Russia as the world’s No. 2 arms exporter
This is not necessarily a great rating particularly when it reflects easing standards when it comes to selecting customers/doing deals where values take a back seat to make a quick buck and yet the transaction eventually ends up on your debit column in the long term and signs of approaching […]
Read MoreTweet to Tweet: Arms Before Brains Don’t Work Either
And way way BEFORE the Arms comes a consistent/pragmatic foreign policy developed by experts vs. the reactionary short-termism we see today. We also need to fix the mess we've already created – these don't go away by themselves; https://t.co/ZSmz8mnbDA — Fidelito 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@F_Galal) August 25, 2021
Read MoreThe Delusional/Ignorant Foreign Policy Syndrome that’s been Devastating our Values, Credibility and Security
The Westward Gold-Rush but NOT Entirely Hush Hush! Power play is the name of the game; it’s like giving a child an automatic machine-gun for a toy; this is precisely how our leaders have abused power to create havoc around the world and conflicts that have lasted generations. This is […]
Read MoreThe Westward Gold-Rush: Talk About Mass Migration? NO, Deal With Mass Migration
The Westward Gold-Rush but NOT Entirely Hush Hush! Shocking to see/watch the photo’s & video Clips from Kabul airport; my heart goes out to the millions in Afghanistan (and beyond frankly – Iran – Iraq – Palestine – Libya etc.) that continue to deal with poor foreign policy decisions that […]
Read MoreI have a Dream: I Dream That One Day I Would Attend An Official Government Foreign Policy Debriefing; Dinner’s On Me!
It seems to me – and I am sure to many others – that the world we live in today is becoming far more dangerous than the post WWII cold war many have lived through. At every corner of the earth there seems to a conflict about to blow up […]
Read MorePower Play Politics & It's Diminishing Returns
Power play politics is not new as we all know. It has been used effectively in the past to alleviate threats by adversaries whether political or economic and many experts can probably come up with a long list of historical precedence where power play really did work. What I would […]
Read MoreThe "Deal of the Century" or an "Ordeal of the Century"
An excellent article – link below – by Anne Irfan Teaching Fellow in Middle Eastern History, University of Sussex tries to effectively unpack what is termed the “Deal of the Century” devised the political genius Jared Kushner mmmm…Son in Law of the President of the United States. I would suggest […]
Read MoreSpy poisoning: How could the UK retaliate against Russia?
Well it certainly helps when we have a proper government in place rather than a bunch of hacks led by BREXITEERS who do nothing but brag about their nationalist approach in protecting the interest of the country. However, when it is truly crunch time in terms of action required against […]
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