Reading the final chapters of Orlando Figes’ excellent and highly readable history of Russia, about the rise of Vladimir Putin and the lead-up to the war with Ukraine, I found myself growing more sympathetic to Putin’s accusations of western hypocrisy, and began to make a list of examples. Putin is a dangerous monster, but sometimes […]
Vladimir Putin and western hypocrisy
Vladimir Putin and western hypocrisy
21 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, economics of colonialism, Iraq, Russia, Ukraine
Dr. Douglas M. Kelley: Psychiatrist of the Nazi Mind at Nuremberg
21 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, health economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II
Dr. Douglas McGlashan Kelley was a U.S. Army psychiatrist who became renowned for his psychological evaluations of high-ranking Nazi officials during the Nuremberg Trials. His work not only contributed to the fields of psychiatry and forensic psychology but also provided a rare glimpse into the minds of those responsible for the atrocities of the Holocaust […]
Dr. Douglas M. Kelley: Psychiatrist of the Nazi Mind at Nuremberg
Albert Speer: The Liar Who Was Believed
19 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II
Albert Speer must have been one of the biggest cowards of the Third Reich. He refused to take responsibility for his actions and kept claiming he wasn’t aware of the Holocaust. However, he was instrumental in getting the concentration camps built, and he kept the war machine going. Albert Speer is said to have prolonged […]
Albert Speer: The Liar Who Was Believed
The blockade is working
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, energy economics, international economics, resource economics, war and peace Tags: Iran, Middle-East politics
Erick Erickson writes: Crude exports from the Persian Gulf are back at pre-war levels. J.P. Morgan puts the 10-day average at 17.5 million barrels a day, which is 98 percent of where it stood before the war. Goldman Sachs estimates the region exported 19 million barrels a day over the past week. Brent has come…
The blockade is working
Tiger I: A Tank Too Heavy For Hitler’s War? – Nazi Rearmament 10
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
BRINK: INSIDE THE RACE TO FREE THE OCTOBER 7TH HOSTAGES by Brett McGurk
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
(Children’s toys and personal items lie on the bloodstained floor of a child’s bedroom, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 17) The role of the Gaza War which began with the Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023, plays an important role in our current political climate. The […]
BRINK: INSIDE THE RACE TO FREE THE OCTOBER 7TH HOSTAGES by Brett McGurk
Hermann Göring: The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Most Powerful Henchman
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II
Hermann Göring: The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Most Powerful Lieutenant Hermann Wilhelm Göring was one of the most influential, flamboyant, and ruthless figures in Nazi Germany. A decorated fighter pilot from the First World War, he became one of Adolf Hitler’s earliest political allies, the founder of the Gestapo’s predecessor, the commander-in-chief of the […]
Hermann Göring: The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Most Powerful Henchman
Guest Post: Max Harris
17 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, useful idiots, war against terror
A guest post by Juliet Moses: I recently heard Max Harris, the Labour Party candidate for Tamaki, speak at an event. He introduced himself as having a “strong moral compass”. That’s a bit odd, I thought, and more than a bit self-righteous. Sometimes you hear someone describing someone else that way, but not self-identifying as such.…
Guest Post: Max Harris
The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes: 1 (2023)
15 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Russia
In Soviet times, when Communism was its certain destiny and history was adjusted to reflect that end, there was a joke, which perhaps Orwell had in mind: ‘Russia is a country with a certain future; it is only its past which is unpredictable.’ ‘The Story of Russia’ by Orlando Figes, page 4) No other country […]
The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes: 1 (2023)
Trump’s Plan To Buy Russian Diesel Would Violate Federal Law
15 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, energy economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Russia, sanctions, Ukraine
If laws passed by Congress do not apply to presidential actions, then we no longer live in a democracy.
Trump’s Plan To Buy Russian Diesel Would Violate Federal Law
Predictable
15 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, Economics of international refugee law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: British politics, Gaza Strip, Middle-East politics, war against terror
LBC reports: An investigation has revealed that a man known only as ‘Mr X’ worked as a personal bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh, who was Hamas’ leader in Gaza between 2007 and 2017. He then successfully applied for asylum and eventually indefinite leave to remain in the UK, and was able to plot an antisemitic attack…
Predictable
Navi Pillay is a disgraceful choice for the Nobel Peace Prize
14 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: regressive left, war against terror
Some say that the Nobel Peace Prize lost credibility when it was won by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in 1973, given neither men were great at anything beyond blood thirsty realpolitik. Anjeze Bojaxhui (known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta) in 1979 was another one, given the succour she gave to the likes of…
Navi Pillay is a disgraceful choice for the Nobel Peace Prize
*Plunder: The Last of the War in Europe, 1945*
14 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Japan, Nazi Germany, World War I, World War II
By Max Hastings, an excellent book, I benefited from every page. One recurring theme is simply how hard the Germans fought on the way down, and how unusual that behavior was. Here is one interesting passage of many: In World War I, 150 German soldiers were sentenced to death for serious crimes, of which a…
*Plunder: The Last of the War in Europe, 1945*
Bret Stephens on Mamdani
11 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in liberalism, politics - USA, war and peace, Marxist economics, defence economics Tags: war against terror
If you’ve kept track of NYT Mayor Zohran Mamdani since he was elected less than a year ago, it’s not hard to conclude that, though he pretends to dislike bigotry, his statements and actions add up to a man who is not fond of Jews, and who wants Israel gone and replaced by a Palestinian…
Bret Stephens on Mamdani
Nobel Peace prize goes to Navi Pillay, promoter of the Israeli genocide blood libel
10 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
Well, the only thing that consoles me about this year’s grotesque award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay is that the same Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger and Yasser Arafat. But in some ways this Prize is even worse, for Pillay got it for ““for her efforts to promote peace and international…
Nobel Peace prize goes to Navi Pillay, promoter of the Israeli genocide blood libel
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