January 21, 2010

Cast Lead Conclusions

The intensive campaign to force Israel into accepting the maximalist positions demanded by the Palestinians for their future state is failing.

November 13, 2007

When Lions think they are Lambs

The coming Annapolis conference is borne of a deep malaise, endemic to the current Israeli leadership, and Israeli society as a whole. That is namely an utter failure to recognise that Israel is strong and the Palestinians are weak

December 14, 2006

The Resurgent Bear

"I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade." Thus quipped the Empress of Russia, Catherine the Great, who stamped Russian authority onto the international stage, seizing vast swathes of territory and establishing Russia as a formidable power in the middle of the eighteenth century. It appears that Vladimir Putin has taken her example to heart.