Archive - Trying to Understand the World

The Missile Will Always Get Through.

But who is prepared to admit it?

Dec 4 •

November 2024

Candles and Kalshnikovs.

Please help us not to understand.

Nov 27 •

La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.

Another of my essays in French.

Nov 25 •

A Strange Defeat.

A failure of understanding in Ukraine.

Nov 20 •

A Wasting Asset?

Europe turns away from America.

Nov 13 •

Another Of My Essays In French

And some associated reflections.

Nov 10 •

No More Heroes.

Pity the nation that needs someone else's.

Nov 6 •

October 2024

Unlike For Like.

BRICS and how international institutions work.

Oct 30 •

The Water Is Rising.

Oct 23 •

Only Connect ....

We are lost in a haunted wood.

Oct 16 •

Out Of Control.

Fear the worst, hope for the best.

Oct 9 •

Things Don't Always Get Better.

And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.

Oct 2 •

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