Regime Change in Russia? Think again, neocons

My new column for RT.com OpEdge.

As events in Syria have proved, Russia is the biggest block on the endless war lobby’s plans for world domination, which is why the removal of Putin and his replacement with a marionette who will do exactly what the neocons want is their overriding objective.

However, the chances of them achieving their ambitious goal are as slender as was the prospect of Saddam Hussein’s WMDs turning up in Iraq. The new neocon instigated ‘Cold War’ on Russia, which was supposed to weaken the Russian economy and lead to Maidan-style anti-government protests in the country, has actually boosted President Vladimir Putin’s popularity, as new polls show....

You can read the whole piece here.

Why Jeremy Corbyn is the right man for Labour

If in the UK, you can listen to an interview with me on Jeremy's candidacy on BBC Radio Tees here.
Discussion starts c9 minutes- (after the Bee Gees).

No beach is complete without a good book

My new piece from The Daily Express on the joys of holiday reading.

While the sun, sea and sand (and something else beginning with “s” which I probably can’t mention) are all important there’s another essential ingredient for a good vacation: having plenty of reading material, in addition to the Daily Express of course.
For me a holiday without books wouldn’t be much of a lark at all. I can put up with overcooked vegetables at the hotel, or some unseasonal weather....

You can read the whole piece here.

The Intelligent Punter's Guide to the 2015 British Open Golf

 Anyone for golf?
My latest IP Guide from The Week.


The third golfing major of the year - the British Open, aka The Open - teed off at the Old Course, St Andrews this morning. With last year's winner Rory McIlroy missing the event due to injury, media attention is on the new wonder boy of world golf, the 21-year-old Texan Justin Spieth, who has won the first two majors of the year. Can he lift the Claret Jug and make it three out of three?
Before placing your bets, there are five key factors to bear in mind if we want to beat the bookies.

You can read the whole piece here.

Alexis Tsipras: Latest so-called 'Leftist' to sell-out to the bankers

Here's my new OpEdge piece for RT.com on Tsipras' truly epic betrayal of the people who voted for him.

The only surprising thing about Alexis Tsipras' capitulation to the troika is that anyone should be surprised by it.
For the so-called 'radical leftist' from Greece is only the latest in a long line of ‘radicals’ and 'leftists' to betray the people who had voted for them and cave into the demands of imperialist international finance capital....

You can read the whole piece here.

Srebrenica's legacy should be one of peace, not war

My new piece for RT.com OpEdge.

This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Around 8,000 men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces in the worst single massacre in the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia deemed the massacre genocide, a finding upheld by the International Court of Justice. But have the right lessons been learnt from this appalling tragedy? 

You can read the whole article here.

Greece- is it all in the game theory?

My new piece for RT.com OpEdge.

Game theory has been described (in Viotti and Kauppi’s “International Relations Theory”) as “a decision-making approach based on the assumption of actor rationality in a situation of competition.”
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is an expert on game theory - he has studied it, taught it at universities, and written extensively about it. (He's probably also got a T-shirt with “game theory” emblazoned on it.)
Therefore it’s been no surprise to see a plethora of articles in recent weeks and months questioning the part that game theory has played in Greece’s dealings with the Troika.

You can read the whole piece here.