Stonyhurst College, Lancashire: Red Wednesday November 22nd 2017.
Global tensions: Parallels between the past and present – essay for Global Intelligence Service. “if appeasement leads us to abandon Ukraine – and to ignoring Mr. Putin’s war crimes – it will be a green light for subsequent attacks on other smaller nations including NATO partners….It is hard not to draw a parallel between today and the 1930s appeasement of supine leaders who believed that ceding other people’s territory would satisfy the appetite of autocrats who cravings would prove insatiable.” And recall the words of an American President: “Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honour steady to a common end and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.”
Global tensions: Parallels between the past and...