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Speculation in the absence of information

Summary Iran is often accused of sponsoring groups such as Hamas. But what form is any help likely to take? Some speculative answers in the absence of any tangible proof. Background A short period after the Iranian revolution in 1979, Saddam Hussain, the Iraqi President decided to invade the country. He was funded by the Saudis and Kuwaitis amongst others and supplied by various western countries. Iran was embargoed. So they had to develop their own capabilities both in terms of h
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The predictability of violence

Summary After October 7th 2023, there has been horror as to what happened on that day, with the rebuttal that the history of the conflict provides explanatory context. This article examines historical analysis which suggests that the violence that occurred in the region 90 years ago was entirely predictable due to uncontrolled immigration. The Source This is a letter published by The Times newspaper on October 14 1936. The writer was a well-known academic/ historian who had visite
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The current chaos in British politics

The 2019 UK election As some of you may know Britain had an election in 2019 and the Conservative party (aka Tories), who are on the right of the political spectrum won the most seats in the House of Commons. Their leader was Boris Johnson so he became Prime Minister. I'm pointing this out because UK politics works differently to other systems. But various scandals plagued his premiership and earlier this year he was forced to stand down. Selecting a new Prime Minister This t
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A link between the Russia/Ukraine conflict and the protests in Iran?

[Original posting date October 2022] I think there is. It's about the Stans As the conflict continues there is media coverage being given to: Russia's Asian regions who are physically far from the conflict and who have little vested interest in it, some of the people are Muslims Russia's neighbours who are 'independent', but nevertheless have a close relationship with Moscow e.g. Tajikistan and the latter has specifically voiced concerns I think there is a longer
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