Nigel Inkster
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Senior Advisor @IISS_org and Director of Geopolitical and Intelligence Analyst @EnodoEconomics; author The Great Decoupling 2020
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Joined October 2011
I just received a new passport which I applied for on-line on 3 July using the most idiot-proof website I have yet encountered. Just 3 working days. At a time when UK public services are described as broken, this was heartening. Thank you, HMPO.
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Why mobilising marines marks a major escalation of Trumpian brinkmanship. In fact this may be less ominous than it seems. The U S Marines receive extensive riot control training to prepare them for guarding U S embassies and other overseas facilities.
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The president’s decision to deploy the Marine Corps, the US military’s most deadly force, to Los Angeles was condemned by the governor of California
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Trump meets ‘terrorist’ Syrian president after ending sanctions. A good move. Not without risk but it gives Syria a chance to stabilise.
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The Syrian leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda commander, met the US president in Riyadh before he travelled to the UAE
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Macron condemns ‘cocaine train’ conspiracy spread by Russia. Is this really the best they can do?
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Élysée Palace ridicules Kremlin after pro-Russia social media and foreign ministry accuse European leaders of using the drug on the way to Kyiv
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He was engaged in Track two discussions on cyber stability right up to the end. A remarkable man: wise, erudite and approachable. The world seems an emptier place without him. RIP.
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I was very sad to learn of the death of Joe Nye. After completing a remarkable career spanning academia and the private sector and with nothing left to prove, Joe got to grips with the cyber domain and its strategic and geopolitical implications.
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Met police officers who fail vetting scheme may keep jobs after court ruling. The lunatics really have taken over the asylum
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Sergeant Lino Di Maria brought a judicial review after being stripped of his warrant card over rape allegations
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UK should consider letting IS members return, terror watchdog says. It is morally derelict of the UK not to take ownership of this problem, especially now there is a chance for Syria to rebuild post-Assad
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Jonathan Hall KC says those who return could be prosecuted here over what they did for the jihadist group.
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UK should consider letting IS members return, terror watchdog says. I agree.
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Jonathan Hall KC says those who return could be prosecuted here over what they did for the jihadist group.
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China tells UK to ‘stop creating trouble’ over alleged spy. Not a good week for UFWD
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Embassy spokesperson accuses MPs of ‘arrogance and shamelessness’
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Chinese Journalist Sentenced to Seven Years on Spy Charges - WSJ. I find it interesting that someone can be convicted of spying for a state that doesn’t have a foreign intelligence service. Just saying….
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Dong Yuyu is a liberal voice who had engaged frequently with diplomats, scholars and journalists from the U.S. and Japan.
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Dog-free zones will make the outdoors less racist, study told. Do the Golden Fleece awards still exist? If so this report is a sure-fire winner
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An anti-racism report published by the Welsh government looked at reasons why people from ethnic minorities were discouraged from going to green spaces
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Tory stalwart Michael Ancram dies after short illness, aged 79
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The hereditary peer served as deputy leader under Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard after roles in the Scotland and Northern Ireland offices
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I just finished Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO by the amazing Peter Apps. A great read and so timely, coinciding with NATO’s 75th anniversary and at a time when NATO never mattered more.
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Phillip Schofield: MPs to question ITV bosses over This Morning scandal. Do they not have any real work to do?
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Phillip Schofield could be hauled in front of MPs as part of their efforts to scrutinise claims of a toxic culture at This Morning.One member of the cross-par
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US-China Geopolitics: Why Xi Is Ghosting Biden. A trenchant analysis. We must hope Churchill’s dictum, that the US can always be relied on to do the right thing- once it has exhausted all other possibilities, still holds good.
foreignpolicy.com
Beijing’s refusal to talk to Washington is part of a war of attrition against U.S. influence.
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Cuba cancels May Day parade because of fuel shortages. Another triumph of socialism.
bbc.co.uk
Acute shortages force the communist government to scrap mass Workers' Day celebrations in Havana.
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China’s prime minister, Li Keqiang, is about to retire from @TheEconomist. The Shanghai lockdown was not a howling success but it wasn’t Li Qiang’s fault. He wanted to do it differently but was overruled by Xi.
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Under Xi Jinping, he has had little chance to shine
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