Brexit & Foreign Policy
Libya: The logistics of intervention
With the international community finally agreeing to take military action against Gaddafi, former Army Captain Patrick Bury looks at what assets are available in the Mediterranean and how these may be employed in the coming days.
Where does Bahrain go from here?
Shashank Joshi, a doctoral student of international relations at the Department of Government, Harvard University, looks at where next for Bahrain.
Libya has a become a mortal test of liberal interventionism
The United Nations Security Council last night voted to authorise the imposition of a no fly zone and supporting military action in defence of the Libyan people.
More asylum removals to Mugabe’s Zimbabwe – despite an upsurge in arrests
Britain will resume enforcing the return of refused asylum seekers to Zimbabwe, the government has said, after judges ruled earlier this week there was no evidence that those being returned would generally be at risk of harm.
Britain: Euroconfused not Eurosceptic
Joe Litobarski analyses two recent polls that throw new light on the British public's opinions on European Union, which challenge the UK’s image as a 'Eurosceptic' nation.
Rethinking traditional ideas on nuclear deterrence
In a recent op-ed, four US elder statesmen called for a re-think of traditional ideas on nuclear deterrence. The group, led by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, warned that the horizontal proliferation of nuclear technology had undermined the doctrine of ‘mutual assured destruction’.