Who is friends with whom in the Middle East
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in war and peace Tags: Middle-East politics
Terrorism in Europe since 1970
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Reagan began seeking a rapprochement with the Kremlin 15 months before Gorbachev took office, this Day 1984
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in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Cold War, game theory, mutually assured destruction, nuclear deterrence, nuclear war, Ronald Reagan
Reagan spoke of common concerns, the mutual desire for peace and the urgent need to address “dangerous misunderstandings” between Moscow and Washington.
Airstrikes in Syria during the second half of 2015
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in war and peace Tags: Middle-East politics, Syrian Civil War
What’s happening in the Middle East?
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Where are the World War II shipwrecks?
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Map of WW2 shipwrecks
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The modern European state system in 1919
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in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Treaty of Versailles, World War I
The Christmas Day truce 1914
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in war and peace Tags: World War I
During the Christmas Truce of 1914, German and British soldiers play football in the “no man’s land” between trenche https://t.co/oKPOw90023—
Historical Pics (@VeryOldPics) October 24, 2015
Soldiers exchange cigarettes during Christmas Truce, 1914
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WWI British and German soldiers exchange cigarettes, gifts, and addresses during Christmas Truce, 1914. http://t.co/8HFq1870YI—
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@JeremyCorbyn the challenge facing peace talks in Syrian Civil War
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Young people supported the Vietnam War as much as older folk
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in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Vietnam war, votor demographics
12 ways ISIS gets funding
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What would be the opening offer of @jeremycorbyn at Syrian Civil War peace talks?
03 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, war and peace Tags: British politics, Middle-East politics, Syrian Civil War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7M9NuiQXgs&feature=youtu.be
The best part of Hilary Benn’s speech when he explain the benefits of airstrikes. Benn pointed out that 14 months ago, ISIS was at the gates of Baghdad but airstrikes beat them back. Benn then referred to the Kurds where they were in retreat until there were airstrikes. They now have a border with ISIS they can defend.
Exactly what would Jeremy Corbyn put on that negotiating table for a comprehensive peace settlement to the Syrian Civil War that:
- would end the military threat from ISIS in Syria, and
- allow the Kurdish succession opposed by all others plus Turkey, Iraq and Russia?
Without the resumption of military strikes as negotiating coin if such peace talks break down, why would anyone fighting on the ground in Syria care about what proposals the Western powers might put up?
The possibility of a temporary cessation in current and intensifying Western military airstrikes is one of the few reasons for the parties to sit down at a negotiating table with the Western powers and Russia if only to string out that cessation of those airstrikes while they regroup and re-equip. The parties to the Syrian Civil War only respect force, not moral authority.
The ability to negotiate a credible peaceful settlement between…
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