Well that old saying hasn’t changed much through the years, it’s just that we haven’t noticed it applies to us in these crisis too; yes indeed the “Chickens”. As I mentioned a while ago in a previous post “China is watching”; it turns out because I am indeed a “Rocket […]

In a recent statement today President Biden warns U.S intervention in Ukraine (i.e. protecting Ukraine from Russian aggression) would mean WWIII. My simplistic response would be if WWIII is a deterrent in defending against aggression from Russia, China or any other power then all I can say is that the […]

First off let me just say that more often than not I agree with many of the views of GPS program host Fareed Zakaria on CNN. I both respect his views as well as  his efforts at presenting a well balanced/unique perspective on world events. However in this instant I […]

The scenarios I would categories as coming under the prolonged conflict definition is either the fall of Ukraine and/or the continuation of the current Putin reign in Russia. Any of these scenarios will translate into continued/escalated economic & security tit-for-tat actions between Russia and the west that will eventually tear […]

It may well be that due to the special historical relation between Russia & Ukraine and Ukraines successful existence outside the Russian sphere of influence this in itself is considered by the Russian regime a threat to the Russian governance model and the iron curtain built to protect it. This […]

While the west is treating the Ukraine crisis with actions one would expect post the fall of Ukraine like (sanctions – increase in defence spending – movement of troops within countries bordering Ukraine and even having the guts to discuss the future of a Ukraine government in exile) and yet […]

Here is a recent part of a recent post by Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission; “The visit of Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Europe illustrates how close the 🇪🇺🇺🇸 cooperation is in response to the invasion of Ukraine!! My response would be along the lines […]

Today I was invited an attended this online debate organised by Chatham House in the UK with panelists including former UK PM Mr. Gordon Brown and Philippe Joseph Sands, QC to discuss the proposition of creating a tribunal specifically to protect against aggression of a sovereign state considering that such […]

I appreciate your “Positive Contribution”. I am sure that had the west threatened/applied sanctions as opposed to defending Poland against Hitler in WWII as promised Poles would have been equally appreciative for such a “Positive Contribution”!! — Fidelito 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@F_Galal) February 27, 2022 When talking sanctions who actually believes this […]

I was one of those enthusiastic supporters of the EU project for a long time pre & post BREXIT but what I’ve been witnessing for the last few years in terms inconsistency between values, foreign policy action and security commitments leads me to believe that this is a non-viable bureaucracy […]