Global Politics

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[Global Politics @_GlobalPolitics]

Great mention in @ForeignAffairs of one of our recent articles. https://t.co/W29e85TR56

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Is the Pope a Catholic? Vance clearly thinks no. It’s par for the course for this kakistocracy of the worst people that Vance, a convert of 7 years standing and one of the big phonies on the planet, would dare to think he can lecture the Bishop of Rome on theology.

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

The Guardian isn’t pulling any punches in highlighting how Starmer’s story about the Mandelson vetting doesn’t add up.

“By endorsing Lord Mandelson’s appointment in advance, Sir Keir seems to have made the vetting process about delivery not scrutiny.”

https://t.co/8l0ssUm9Eb

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

#C4News last night reported on the wholesale targeting of ambulances & paramedics in Lebanon by Israel, including the recent 'triple hit', when Israel attacked an ambulance, then attacked paramedics who went to help, and then attacked further paramedics also trying to help.

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

Everyone should see this: since “ceasefire” over 75 US logistics flights into the Gulf. Notice how much depends on Europe’s bases. Shows US preparing for more escalation and its global power would decline markedly without Europe.

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Beth Rigby’s question to Starmer is key here. Starmer announcing Mandelson’s appointment before vetting was complete shows he was either indifferent to that process or mistakenly confident of the outcome. This either shows incompetence or complacency.

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Starmer blaming FCDO civil servants just won’t wash. His hurried and premature announcement of Mandelson’s appointment put FCDO officials in an impossible position. Yet another embarrassing example of Starmer’s profound lack of judgment.

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

The King is merely the powerless figurehead of a dysfunctional system of government. Spain’s govt isn’t federal but since 1978 devolution has granted more power to the regions & nations. But this has muddied the water over who has responsibility in crises. https://t.co/GsRjmLGFWn

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Why any decent human-being would vote for this deranged tangerine scumbag is beyond me. | Trump rebuked by Arnold Palmer’s daughter for fawning over late golf legend’s penis size https://t.co/hA5sWGVqAD

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

“On Friday, the elder Mr. al-Dalou was dealt another blow: His youngest son, 10, died from the severity of his burn injuries despite his father’s efforts to rescue him. He was buried alongside his mother and his brother.”

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

What happened to this young man needs to be Exhibit A of the ICC prosecutor’s case against Netanyahu. | He Dreamed of Escaping Gaza. The World Watched Him Burned Alive. https://t.co/oj8gmenrDS via @NYTimes

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

This is why I struggle to understand why African-American or Latino voters would vote for Trump when he spews these racist & discredited ideas. When Trump says “we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now,” which people do they think he’s attacking? https://t.co/gxlu9nfzcA

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Xi Jinping’s toxic nationalism is making China a scary place. It’s basically Orwell’s two minute hate from 1984 and, like Oceania, the hate is used to maintain control. | Killing of Japanese Boy Leaves Chinese Asking: Is This My Country? | https://t.co/tR2qfr3nuf via @NYTimes

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Netanyahu thinks he can act with total impunity until the US election. If any state in the developing world attacked a UN base the Security Council would be using its Chapter 7 powers. | UN says Israeli tanks forced entry into base in south Lebanon https://t.co/s4k6FAiVSb

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Putin’s greatest triumph in having Trump as an asset is in making Americans distrust one another and US democratic institutions. What Putin is doing to those who disagree with him in Russia and abroad is a warning for what 4 more years of Trump will do to US democracy.

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

The man that Trump and Musk have spent years sucking up to. | Putin Is Doing Something Almost Nobody Is Noticing | https://t.co/BowRawpxx7 via @NYTOpinion

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

I’m genuinely sad to hear the news about Alex Salmond. Although I was not a supporter of independence in 2014 Salmond was a gigantic political figure. He was immensely charismatic and, despite my disagreeing with much of what he said, one couldn’t help but like him deep down. RIP

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

I think @ProfBrianCox is great. I do wonder though sometimes why he goes to all these remote locations around the world only to show us what’s on his tablet.

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

Firing on UN peace-keepers really is a new low for Israeli forces. | Middle East crisis live: UN says peacekeepers in Lebanon ‘increasingly in jeopardy’ after being fired at by IDF https://t.co/UCrbZ1ERX5

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

If developing world states were committing war crimes on such a relentless basis there’d be an outcry from the US. The absence of such calls regarding Gaza is why many in the Global South view Western human rights statements as pure hypocrisy. https://t.co/jKurfLaXM8 via @NYTimes

[Dr David Miles @DrDMiles]

There are some worryingly clueless people around in Michigan if they seriously think that Trump will do anything other than double or treble the number of bombs that Netanyahu has to drop on Gaza and Lebanon. |
https://t.co/YDuNP54WvU via @NYTimes