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Category: War and peace

Peace on Earth?

War with Iran has laid bare the conflict between the two wings of the Trump movement. Each is deranged in its own particular way.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Middle East, Party matters, United States, War and peace 4 Comments 7 April 202621 April 2026

The Third Trump War

Donald Trump's first two wars have given him a taste for quick and easy success. The third looks like being very different.

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Charles Richardson Middle East, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 2 March 20262 March 2026

The Trump doctrine in the Indian Ocean

Trump takes an interest in the Chagos Islands, raising questions about the support for his views both in Europe and America.

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Charles Richardson Africa, British Isles, Europe, Political issues, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 27 January 2026

World without law

Donald Trump in Venezuela gives us a much attenuated rerun of the Panama invasion of 36 years ago.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, United States, War and peace 5 Comments 5 January 20268 January 2026

Antisemitism and the Trumpists

The American hard right is splitting between its pro-Israel and its antisemitic wings, although the two things have sat together fairly amicably in the past.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Middle East, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 2 Comments 29 December 202510 January 2026

Trump vs Europe

Does Donald Trump want to destroy Europe in order to save it, or does he just want to destroy it, period?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Political issues, United States, War and peace 1 Comment 15 December 20252 January 2026

Trump, Putin & Netanyahu

For a variety of reasons, Donald Trump has found Benjamin Netanyahu a softer target than Vladimir Putin for his peace prize aspirations. But the basic similarity between them should not be ignored.

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Trump: two more views

Some more perspectives on what Trumpism is and where it is going.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 8 Comments 1 October 2025

Peace for Ukraine?

Trump talks of territorial gains for Ukraine, with the same capricious lack of seriousness he has shown all along.

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Charles Richardson Europe, United States, War and peace 7 Comments 26 September 202520 April 2026

South Korea balances between madmen

South Korea's new president wants good relations with all of his neighbors, but balancing their competing interests is not getting any easier.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Political issues, United States, War and peace 1 Comment 23 September 202514 April 2026

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