If Trump chooses to threaten Denmark militarily over Greenland, Denmark cannot respond militarily. It does not have the scale. But it does have the sort
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MMT is not theory: it’s fact
I offer this video on MMT this morning without apology. I know I have tackled this issue before now, but this, I think, is my
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Do we succumb to the politics of might, or choose the politics of care?
It would be terribly convenient to suggest that Donald Trump is mad; that his breaches of international law can be ignored; that his threats of
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Why think about defence?
There is a reason why I had to spend some time thinking about a potential European response to a threat from the USA over Greenland
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Can Europe rise to the US challenge?
Recent statements by Trump’s regime in the USA concerning territorial claims on Greenland, backed now with threats of tariffs on all states that object to
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GDP doesn’t buy life expectancy
We’re constantly told that people in rich countries live longer and that GDP growth is therefore the route to health, well-being, and social progress. But
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Sharing time with a buzzard
There is just one bird that features in today’s photos. It is a buzzard. I remember when they were not that common in East Anglia.
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Reading, elsewhere
As many readers here will know, I write for The National in Scotland, which is the only pro-independence newspaper in that country. I am proud
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The toxic politics of might and money
The Guardian has noted this morning that: Donald Trump has appointed the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and former British prime minister Tony Blair to a
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