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David Cameron can avoid a war with Argentina by preparing for one
It sometimes feels like the Cameron premiership has so far been a replay of the early Thatcher one what with the cuts, the riots, bust-ups with France, and backbench discontent over the direction of the government. This sense of de jà vu is heightened by tensions over the Falkland Islands a month before the 30th […]
Crispin Burke and Courtney Messerschmidt: Shi Lang!
January 19, 2011
The rise of China and its implication on security in East Asia is conspicuously missing from the blog, but this guest post by Crispin Burke and Courtney Messerschmidt begins to correct this. It puts concerns about Chinese military technology into a more critical perspective, especially its new aircraft carrier. Crispin is a US Army captain […]
Margaret Thatcher, strategy and the use of force
August 7, 2010
The Thatcher premiership is characterised by the use of force. We popularly associate the period with images of violence, from the crackdown on riots in Brixton and Toxteth during the first Conservative government to Britain preparing for military action in the Gulf in Margaret Thatcher’s last. The use of force in domestic and foreign affairs […]
February 2, 2012
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