Aid and development: hunger games
July 13, 2022 2:54 am Post a CommentPicking up on my piece yesterday, where I touch on the impact of the Ukrainian war on the developing world,... View Article
Picking up on my piece yesterday, where I touch on the impact of the Ukrainian war on the developing world,... View Article
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the subject of the situation in Afghanistan again climbs into prominence, and more so... View Article
In the Guardian on Monday, Frank Ledwidge, former soldier, author and academic, wrote a piece of profound importance. Expressing the view that an... View Article
Before one can learn from history, it must first be properly written. There is little possibility of learning anything if... View Article
Of the reasons why I particularly dislike the BBC, high up in the ranking is its sloppy, superficial approach to... View Article
Remarkably little fresh information seems to be available on the plight of Afghans seeking to leave their country to escape... View Article
I’ve just finished reading Andrew (now Major General) Roe’s “Waging War in Waziristan”, and mighty fine reading it has been.... View Article
Just before midnight Kabul time, the last USAF C-17 took off from the airport, bringing the 20-year engagement of US... View Article
In its own way, the fall of Afghanistan is probably every bit as important as Brexit, with the repercussions just... View Article
Understandably, all eyes are on the tragedy of the multiple bombing outside Kabul airport, in which 12 US service personnel and over... View Article
The Taliban is warning that any extension to the Biden’s 31 August deadline for ending the airlift from Kabul would... View Article
On 14 November 2001, after it had become clear that the Taliban regime was in a state of collapse across... View Article
With minimal media presence – for obvious reasons – and growing chaos at Kabul airport, it is no longer possible... View Article
It’s difficult to know where the Afghan situation is going at the moment. Understandably, the attention is on the stop-start... View Article
It is a fact that NATO cannot operate in Afghanistan without the USA. America does the heavy lifting. If America... View Article
Whether there was any point to the Commons debate yesterday will have passed the mind of not a few. Having... View Article