Caado la gooyaa car alle ayey leedahay (‘The abandonment of tradition calls forth the wrath of Allah’, Somali proverb, quoted in The World’s Most Dangerous Place, page 398) James Fergusson worked on this book with help from a grant from the Airey Neave Trust, a charity whose objective is to promote research ‘designed to make […]
The World’s Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia by James Fergusson (2013)
The World’s Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia by James Fergusson (2013)
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in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics Tags: Somalia
The Death Of Franz Joseph – The End of The Somme I THE GREAT WAR Week 122
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Life Inside a Panzer – Tank Life Part 1 – WW2 Special
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
An Undersea Oil Pipeline to Beat the Nazis – WW2 Documentary Special
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: D-Day, World War II
Heavy Action At The Somme – The Fight For Monastir I THE GREAT WAR Week 121
17 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
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Mugabe: Power, Plunder and the Struggle for Zimbabwe by Martin Meredith (2007)
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‘Africa for Africans’ ‘In Africa, the African is supreme’ (p.230) (Mugabe slogans) ‘This is not about correcting a colonial imbalance. This is about punishing your enemies and rewarding your friends. This is about staying in power no matter what the damage is to your country or its economy.’ (Philemon Matibe, MDC i.e. Zimbabwe opposition candidate, […]
Mugabe: Power, Plunder and the Struggle for Zimbabwe by Martin Meredith (2007)
Quantity theory of money, or fiscal theory of the price level?
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in defence economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, history of economic thought, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights Tags: monetary policy, Somalia
The rebel-controlled Yemeni rial is made up entirely of a fixed supply of notes printed prior to 2016. In the chart below you can see it appreciating in value (the blue line) against the dollar, issued by the world’s most powerful state. pic.twitter.com/vioXHmz2wQ — John Paul Koning (@jp_koning) November 15, 2023
Quantity theory of money, or fiscal theory of the price level?
Some questions for those protesting for Palestine
15 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
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I’m frankly astonished at the scale, frequency and anger of protests held in solidarity for Palestinians in Gaza, which variously call for a ceasefire, call for “freedom” for Palestine and which variously accuse Israel of atrocities, using the language and statistics issued by the Gazan totalitarian theocrats. It is driven by a coalition of communists,…
Some questions for those protesting for Palestine
Sen. Sanders said he doesn’t know that a ceasefire is possible with Hamas. Hamas must go.
13 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
Why Germany Lost the First World War (Documentary)
11 Nov 2023 1 Comment
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November 9, 1918: Collapse of the German Monarchies
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As the first Word War was drawing to a close, throughout the month of November 1918, all 22 monarchs within the German Empire were either forced to abdicate, or stepped down of their own accord. After the Oberste Heeresleitung stated the German front was about to collapse and asked for immediate negotiation of an armistice, […]
November 9, 1918: Collapse of the German Monarchies
Charming The Poles – The Central Powers Look For New Allies I THE GREAT …
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Who ruled Germany before Hitler? Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
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International Law in War
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in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics
A follow-up to my post on Bombing Your Way To Proportionality as one Natasha Hausdorff discusses more than just that aspect of waging war. She’s a barrister who got a law degree at Oxford University and an LL.M. specialising in public international law. She then clerked for the President of the Supreme Court of Israel […]
International Law in War
The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips (revised edition, 2020)
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in defence economics, economic history, economics of crime, energy economics, International law, law and economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Iran, Israel, Middle-East politics, Syria, war against terror
There are quite a few book-length studies of the Syrian Civil War. The distinctive thing about this one is that academic and author Christopher Phillips insists that other regional countries weren’t ‘drawn into’ the conflict once it had got going but, on the contrary, were involved right from the start, helped to exacerbate the initial […]
The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips (revised edition, 2020)
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