Centred on a highly spurious and somewhat paranoid concern with security, Washington is 'playing' its allies. Whether European or Ea...

A great deal of attention is being paid to Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's new head of strategy. I suspect there is some misunderstanding a...

[This is a much revised version of a piece first published in March 2012 in Eyeless Owl ] Politics over the last hundred years has been ...

Back in late 2010, the UK's Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg announced that he wished to be seen as a 'progressive'. The New L...