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The British Empire (1910), map claiming the "Flags of a Free Empire"

Geopolitics and the state: Or the workings of inter-imperialist competition

23 August 2019

Some events are pivotal. Studying them lets us pick apart the operations of power. The arena and means of struggle between fractions of the ruling social classes is made visible at such times.

US secretary Kerry meets with Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, left, and Ashraf Ghani, right, at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 12, 2014, after he helped broker an agreement on a technical and political plan to resolve the disputed outcome of the election between them. / Image: by US DoS, Public Domain license.

A negotiated deal and war in Afghanistan

8 November 2018

Damascus Hamidiyeh market in 2005. The roof is riddled with bullet holes from French machine gun fire from warplanes during a rebellion against French colonial rule.

On ‘A short guide to Syria’

27 September 2018

“Your unit has been ordered to Syria. Soon you will be standing on the shores of a sea or a desert which has played a great part in world history.”

Korean War armistice document (1953), signatories from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, and the USA. The Republic of Korea (South Korea) did not participate.

The ongoing Korean War

6 June 2018

A brief history of the ongoing Korean War: a civil war with international participants.

Why they fight in World War II: the battles of Russia and China

28 May 2018

Videos on the reasons for US support of the USSR and war mobilisation in East Asia during World War II.

Korea’s place in the world: a brief history

17 May 2018

Significant events are taking place in the Korean peninsula. Prior to a judgment of and speculation on what may happen next, I’ll start with a bit of history. This is needed to understand why things are as they are and how they may yet unfold.

News in brief N°8

18 April 2018

A summary of select international news: Inequality in the US is as bad as it was nearly a century ago, public opinion ignored, people support better pay even if prices increase, chemical weapons in Syria, a short history of chemical weapons in the Middle East.

News in brief N°6

20 March 2018

A summary of select international news: The importance of the Russian elections, why major war is increasingly a topic of conversation, Syria’s Kurd’s struggling with internal and international political problems, foreign aid as a policy tool, who actually hosts the most refugees.

News in brief N°2

13 February 2018

A summary of select international news: An interpretation of stock market crashes, the burden of household debt, massive hikes in military spending, war planes shot down, conflict between powerful countries.

News in brief N°1

6 February 2018

A summary of select international news: Poverty and loneliness in the UK, who holds wealth in Europe, on US decline, war in Syria, war in Afghanistan.

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