Dead Centre
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Russia vs. Ukraine
No sooner had the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies ended than the invasion of Ukraine began.(...)
The Battleground’s New Podcast
In the debut episode of Left to Burn, John Foster and Josh White discuss the fallout of US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the analogy with Vietnam. But that’s not all.(...)
America in Afghanistan
When William Westmorland led American forces in Vietnam, he kept a copy of Bernard Fall’s devastating critique of the French war in Indochina, The Street Without Joy, on his night table.(...)
Afghanistan and the Press
Throughout the US war in Afghanistan, Western media framed the conflict in terms that suited the governments of the day.(...)
Last Lesson From Vietnam, Part II
The advent of the Biden Administration presaged many changes in US foreign policy. (...)
Afghanistan, or How to Stay at War
On 20 January 2001, George W. Bush was inaugurated as president of the United States.(...)
The Samos Refugee Experience, Part II
In the Samos camp, NGOs provide almost everything the Greek government and the UNHCR does not.(...)
When the Press Takes Sides
Nothing unusual here. The Taliban have been killing NATO troops in Afghanistan for nearly two decades. But this story was a little different. According to the New York Times, recent attacks on US and British forces have been partially sponsored by Russia.(...)
Vincent Bevins’ The Jakarta Method
The short twentieth century, running from 1914 to 1989 is generally divided into two halves. The first, ending 1945, is the era of mass slaughter. (...)