America’s two electorates
Elizabeth Drew in the New York Review of Books notes how the different levels of electoral engagement in Presidential and mid-term elections provide very different outcomes with the smaller participation … Continue reading
September 9, 2013 · Leave a comment
The Catch 22 of UNSC Reform
Ian Birrell writes in The Guardian today about the need for Security Council reform. One thing was clear from the diplomatic disaster of the G20 summit in St Petersburg: western leaders … Continue reading
September 9, 2013 · Leave a comment
War Weariness
Syrian refugees in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan – copyright Peter Beaumont Reading Michael Cohen’s column in The Observer this morning I was struck by his opening line. After 12 years of endless … Continue reading
September 8, 2013 · Leave a comment
Peter Beaumont: The Bits that Don't Fit 