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Half a Titanic

Don’t all rush to one side when you spot a ship that might save you because your boat will capsize and you will drown.

Apr 22, 2015 3:00 PM Read more >

And you wanted to say: Not the Crusades? Not the Mongol invasion?

Apr 9, 2015 9:00 PM Read more >

Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was in London last week, telling the Western media how helpful Ankara was being

Jan 28, 2015 2:00 PM Read more >

The Ukrainian army is in retreat on every front. Since Russian regular army units came to the aid of

Sep 10, 2014 6:00 PM Read more >

It is quite possible for soldiers to cross a frontier “by accident on an unmarked section”

Sep 3, 2014 5:00 PM Read more >

The last time “Mare Nostrum”(Latin for “Our Sea”) was used as a political slogan in Italy, Mussolini’s fascists

Aug 27, 2014 8:00 AM Read more >

After half a century of stasis, there are big new strategic realities in the Middle East

Aug 13, 2014 8:00 AM Read more >

It was not worth even one life,” said Harry Patch shortly before he died in 2009 at the age of 111.

Aug 6, 2014 8:00 PM Read more >

You can see why Hamas doesn’t want a cease-fire in Gaza yet.

Jul 30, 2014 4:00 PM Read more >

The question to bear in mind, when reading this whole sorry tale, is this.

Jul 23, 2014 9:00 AM Read more >