No, he can’t. But we have to be very clear between the scenario which is usually used – an imminent strike on the US, and whether the president would respond with nuclear weapons – and... Читать далее
Photographer, writer, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, EMERGENCY UK trustee and Ambassador for the charity Find A Better Way. @gilesduley
It’s hard to summarise. I was in Kandahar, and I was on patrol, embedded with a group of American soldiers. I wasn't really interested in doing a story on people firing guns. My interest... Читать далее
В отношении пятой колонны хорошо написал ГАФТ об «Эхо Москвы».
Муха бьётся о стекло -
Рядышком окно открыто.
Или муху припекло,
Или после менингита.
Ловко делает она
Агрессивные... Читать далее
John Everard, former UK ambassador to Belarus, Uruguay and North Korea, former member of the UN Security Council’s Panel of Experts on sanctions against North Korea. Author of Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat In North Korea.
North Korea has been getting better and better at launching missiles of increased accuracy, and greater range. Experts disagree, but if there is a consensus, it’s that North Korea is now... Читать далее
John Everard, former UK ambassador to Belarus, Uruguay and North Korea, former member of the UN Security Council’s Panel of Experts on sanctions against North Korea. Author of Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat In North Korea.
There are any number of possible buttons. If, for example, they got into a firefight on the border with South Korea. Remember that we came very close to that in 2015, with the North... Читать далее
Author of South China Sea: The Struggle For Power In Asia (Yale 2014), Vietnam: Rising Dragon (Yale 2010), TV journalist, Associate Fellow of @CHAsiaProg @bill_hayton
Have the Vietnamese forgiven America for what happened during the war?
It depends on what level you ask. It's a very young country, therefore most of the population has no memory of the war. Obviously though, the older generations do. But my experience is... Читать далее
Head of Programme of International Relations and Human Rights at Regents University, London. Associate Fellow at Middle East Programme, Chatham House. @YMekelberg
That it still exists. Syria epitomises all that the Sykes-Picot agreement, and imperialism and colonialism, did in the Middle East. It tried to create nation states in a European style... Читать далее
Author of South China Sea: The Struggle For Power In Asia (Yale 2014), Vietnam: Rising Dragon (Yale 2010), TV journalist, Associate Fellow of @CHAsiaProg @bill_hayton
Has Vietnam recovered from the effects of the war?
It probably hasn’t recovered fully. The effects are still very visible, from the physical shape of many members of the population: so many Vietnamese suffered stunting because of... Читать далее
Much to Trump’s chagrin; he cannot cancel the Iran deal. It’s multi-lateral, as 3 European Nations, Russia and China are involved in this as well. If he attempts to back off from this... Читать далее
Head of Programme of International Relations and Human Rights at Regents University, London. Associate Fellow at Middle East Programme, Chatham House. @YMekelberg
That it still exists. Syria epitomises all that the Sykes-Picot agreement and imperialism and colonialism did in the Middle East. It tried to create nation states in a European style when... Читать далее