Tag Archives: US
They tried to make me go to rehab…
So! After a rather over-extended sabbatical, I’m back on the blog. And just as all the high street shops are already selling clothes for autumn/winter, we should have a look ahead to the NPT Review Conference 2010. The NPT Review … Continue reading
Filed under nuclear weapons
A beginner’s guide to ‘that’ speech
It’s a shame that the MTV Movie Awards have closed voting for their newly-added ‘WTF?’ section for this year! If you didn’t see it yesterday, it’s Ahmadinejad’s speech going into total meltdown at the UN Durban Review Conference on racism … Continue reading
Filed under international politics
….and it’s gone!
The ‘war on terror’ is over! Well, it’s been rebranded. But it was a necessary rebranding. Phew! I wrote on this before. Now we can get on with our lives and think about policy. Mind you, McDonald’s rebranded with its … Continue reading
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Pancakes! Putting smart power in context
Only because it’s Shrove Tuesday, and I’ve got to use up all my eggs and butter, am I blogging about US foreign policy again. And then absolutely, absolutely, giving it up for Lent. I promise. Just a quick repost of … Continue reading
Filed under foreign policy
Smart Power: Tbh, I’m not sure
On Valentine’s weekend, there is nothing a girl likes to do more than blog about US foreign policy – which is becoming a bad habit now, so I promise to give it up for Lent, and try my hand at … Continue reading
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Kiss kiss bang bang
Taking a break away from posts about terrorism for the time being (if not the US), here’s a nice fairytale about a little frog living in a land far far away, waiting for a princess to come kiss it and … Continue reading
Filed under nuclear weapons
David Miliband and the death of the ‘war on terror’?
Finally, David Miliband is able to live out the fantasy first enacted by Hugh Grant’s PM telling Billy Bob Thornton’s philandering president where to stick it in Love Actually. Sort of. Considering that Obama is to be inaugurated on Jan … Continue reading
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