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Modi’s India a flawed partner for post-Brexit Britain

With just two weeks to go until Britain is scheduled to exit the European Union, Boris Johnson and his ministers are understandably focused on the last-minute dash...

Trump Impeachment and a Boris Brexit

What could it be if not the chill of the Autumn air and the thought of winter -- some people love it of course with...

Why the Weird and Uncompromising Get Elected

Why is it that the US and Britain have chosen weird uncompromising leaders when the essence of statesmanship is calculated compromise.  Worse, if not shocking, is...

Hong Kong and Gibraltar: A tale of two territories

Nestled at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula and bordering Spain is the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. As with Hong Kong, Gibraltar was ceded...

Boris the last Prime Minister of a united United Kingdom?

Given the media representation of Boris Johnson, it might come as a surprise to learn a few things about his cabinet.  It is the largest, at...

Trump’s Tariff War, Brexit, and Spats in East Asia … Stocks Plunge

Can we believe their claims to represent the ordinary people if Donald Trump went to private military school and his friend British Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

From West To East A Somber Week

It has been a somber week.  An orphaned dugong nurtured and returned to the sea has died from eating plastic.  Mariam died from a stomach infection...

The message behind the release of Iranian oil tanker

The Gibraltar court ordered the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 to be released. The tanker was seized by the British Royal Marines about a month ago.  This...

When Boris Became PM

So Boris Johnson has become Britain's prime minister.  He has been trying and scheming, scheming and trying including undermining David Cameron.  A 'remainer' before, Johnson saw...

Miles Long UK Arms Trade Routes of Saudi Arabia Reaching Ends

The opacity of oil-drenched Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has failed to hide the blood-bath it has been shedding over several Middle Eastern nations, both directly and...

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