Tag: IRAQ
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How do we defeat Islamic State?
Baghdad, Aden, Brussels, Jakarta, Istanbul, Paris. It is a sad litany of names all united in tragedy: they are all cities touched by Terrorism; they have all been successfully targeted by Islamic State. It is an organisation which has killed almost 50,000 individuals throughout the Middle East and beyond. Its European, African and Asian activities show a terrorist network which is expanding further and further beyond this area. Despite the efforts of the international community, despite all of our victories the terrorists are still getting through, still spreading their message of hate, still causing the death of countless numbers.
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Would the US pursue a better strategy by pulling out of the Middle East entirely?
The end of World War Two was a watershed moment in US political history, it marked the end of its international isolation which had been the pervading element in US politics since the end of the 1920’s and only was abated when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. The politics of the Monroe doctrine were rekindled […]
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The Failure of “Flat Pack” Democracy
Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and numerous other Arab speaking and Asian countries. The names read like a who’s who of the Foreign Offices “must avoid” list. What do they have in common? Simple, they have experimented in democracy, with varying successes and failures. Let’s take Afghanistan first, the American led invasion of 2001 […]
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