09 February 2017 The Ancients Exiled The West’s heart proposes to cut off its own blood supply by Neil Tidmarsh This week, the Chinese press referenced the Athenian historian Thucydides (460 BC – 395 BC) when reporting on Sino-US relations. The official mouthpiece of the Communist Party, The People’s Daily, warned that the two countries… Continue reading Issue 91:2017 02 09:The ancients exiled (Neil Tidmarsh)
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Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
17 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: One terror suspect was killed and another escaped when French and Belgian police raided a property in the Forest suburb of Brussels. Four police officers were injured. FRANCE: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including students and trades unionists, marched through French cities to protest against President… Continue reading Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
Issue 22:2015 10 01:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
1 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have captured the northern city of Kunduz. BANGLADESH: An Italian aid worker was shot dead in Dhaka. ISIS have claimed responsibility for the murder. BURKINA FASO: Last week’s military coup has failed. Soldiers have withdrawn from the capital Ouagadougou. The transitional government of interim president… Continue reading Issue 22:2015 10 01:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
27 August 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS BANGLADESH: Counter-terrorism police have arrested three supreme court lawyers accused of financing a militant Islamic group. BRAZIL: Eduardo Cunha, the Speaker of the Lower House of Congress, has been charged with receiving bribes of £3 million in the scandal engulfing Petrobas, the state-owned oil company. Scientific tests in… Continue reading Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
09 July 2015 Mr Tsipras’s Tactics by John Watson Old hands at litigation will tell you that if you are stuck for a strategy you can do worse than to imagine yourself in the other side’s position, work out what it is that they would like you to do least and then do it. It… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
25 JUNE 2015 Week in Brief:OVERSEAS NEWS GREECE: An emergency meeting in Brussels between Greece and the European Council and the European Central Bank to discuss compromise Greek proposals on pension cuts and VAT increases was postponed in chaos and confusion because Alexis Tsipras failed to submit the proposals in time. Nevertheless, news of… Continue reading Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
Issue 2:2015 05 14: FOREIGN NEWS
14 May 2015 Week in brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: Greece has begun to pay the 200 million euros owed to the IMF this week, by emptying the cash reserves lent to them by the IMF some years ago for emergencies. Prime Minister Tsipras wants to raise more funds by issuing new government debt; the… Continue reading Issue 2:2015 05 14: FOREIGN NEWS
