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From the Archives: Civilization III
Daniel Knowles of the Telegraph wrote a great piece on the video game Civilization today, which I used to play constantly before I went to university. The following is an account I wrote of a scenario I played in August 2007 (it was the day before I received my A Level results, so I had […]
Conservatives should not praise David Cameron, but whip him
March 8, 2012
David Cameron is a disappointment as Conservative leader. This view is prevalent throughout the Party; everyone seems to have a reason for being disappointed with the Prime Minister’s leadership. For me, it was his actions over Libya; the intervention was everything we promised we wouldn’t do. For others, it is vacillation on Europe and/or the […]
Alison Vandenburgh: The Walsh Exchange
February 23, 2012
This is a guest post by Ms. Alison Vandenburgh of Georgetown University, which explains to readers what I think sounds like a great project there. Alison got in touch with me recently about promoting the Walsh Exchange conference on the blog, and I thought this was the best way to do it. When thinking about […]
Posted in: Strategy
David Cameron can avoid a war with Argentina by preparing for one
February 2, 2012
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 […]
Posted in: Afghanistan, Argentina, Bismarck, David Cameron, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, Ronald Reagan, RUSI, SDSR, United States
The Europhile (Un)imagination
December 29, 2011
I have to say, it has been fun watching British Europhiles have a collective nervous breakdown. Europhiles like to think of themselves as the embodiment of Enlightenment values, whereas their opponents are irrational, unintelligent, hysterical loons. Since David Cameron’s veto, however, you cannot open The Guardian or turn on BBC News without being blown across […]
Posted in: BBC, David Cameron, declinism, Europe, Europhilia, Euroscepticism, globalisation, isolationism, United States
Has David Cameron re-nationalised the national interest?
December 16, 2011
One of my bugbears is what I call the ‘internationalisation of the national interest’. It is the belief that the world has become so globalised and interconnected that every crisis is a threat to our health and well-being and that it is vital we are involved in sorting it out. The result of such a […]
June 12, 2012
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