Category Archives: Regimes

Andrew L. Urban Youngsters kicking a football in a suburban Tehran street or a small regional town may be the first to spot the fluttering of thousands of leaflets from the sky as Israeli jets fly by. Bombs will have … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Two white, regular looking ambulances bearing the recognisable red cross symbol made their way through the demonstrators around the Hungarian Radio building on Bródy Sándor Street in Budapest on the night of October 23 / 24, 1956. … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Who would have thunk it? Certainly not a Trump supporter such as I ! The tough guy in the White House, Donald Trump, has been outplayed by Russian dictator Putin, and by the theocratic dictators of Iran, … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The accumulated evidence supports the calculation that Vladimir Putin is not ever going to stop his military aggression against Ukraine. Only military defeat will. And should. The Kremlin has a history of thuggery that reminds us of … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The failure to conclude Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is Donald Trump’s first really big boo-boo. The failure fuse was lit even before November 2024, when Trump won the US election. That was the day he could have … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Donald Trump is mistaken in thinking that moderating peace in Ukraine is a matter of striking a deal. His deal-ism doesn’t really cater for that situation, an illegitimate invasion of a sovereign state by a foreign power. … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Violated but not rescinded, the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 was signed by the leaders of the US, UK, Russia and Ukraine. It promises the sort of security guarantees that Ukraine seeks and that are being contemplated now … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Australia’s Anthony Albanese leads his government “decisively away from America, geostrategically, militarily, politically, culturally,” as The Australian’s Paul Kelley writes, but also morally. I would argue that other western nations once relied on to provide the moral … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban History is a tough teacher. Learn and win or ignore and fail. Our track record as humans is rather poor. More failures than wins. And here comes the next big test: it’s set for August 15, 2025 … Continue reading →