Category Archives: Foreign Affairs

Double or Quits

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Roger

I have just finished reading an article entitled “Fight or Flight: America’s Choice in the Middle East” in Foreign Affairs (behind the subscription blocker here).  It is written by Kenneth Pollack from the Brookings Institution.[1]  It makes a strong case … Continue reading →

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To Be or Not to Be: The UK Referendum

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Roger

The big news over the weekend in the United Kingdom (UK) is that, after having secured some kind of deal from his European Union (EU) partners, Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an “in-out” referendum on EU membership to be … Continue reading →

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Young Turkeys Do Vote for Thanksgiving

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Roger

The Economist has recently run a special report on the young, concluding that the roughly 1.8 billion people in the world between the ages of 15 to 30 are an “oppressed minority.”  The report identified a number of policies that … Continue reading →

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ISIS (Part Three)

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Roger

In the first two parts of this series we talked about the “forward defence” and the “defend the border” strategies for responding to ISIS terrorism.  Today, we will talk about the last alternative to emerge from the presidential candidates, which … Continue reading →

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ISIS (Part Two)

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Roger

In my first posting on this subject, we talked about what could be called the “forward defence” argument for military action against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.  Advocates of this strategy believe that to defend ourselves against ISIS terrorism, it … Continue reading →

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ISIS (Part One)

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Roger

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, have thrown the debate about ISIS into overdrive, particularly among the presidential candidates.  Several strands have emerged from these discussions, but I think that their taxonomy is not often clearly … Continue reading →

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