Jonathan Power - weekly columns

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Aug 20, 20194 min read

Reading the tea-leaves in Hong Kong.

In 1995 in a little remembered event Li Ruthuan, a member of the Chinese Politiburo (containing the top seven in the government), made a...

Aug 13, 20193 min read

In her famous decree in 1767 Empress Catherine the Great proclaimed Russia to be a European power. She wanted Russia to be a major player...

Aug 6, 20193 min read

If MAD was Mad then the decision of President Donald Trump to renounce the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is MADDER. MAD is...