Putin’s War - The Economist and Wall Street Journal on why the West mustn’t cave in to Putin’s blackmail. The Economist-Editors: “Mr Putin is doubling down on his disastrous war. However, the stridency of his oratory suggests panic instead of power. Mr Putin’s...
General Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of Defence Staff, asked whether our armed forces are sufficient.
At a meeting of the International Relations and Defence Committee I asked General Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of Defence Staff, whether our armed forces are sufficient given the level of threat we face in the context of Putin’s War in Ukraine. Wednesday 25 May...
China & Putin’s War: International Relations & Defence Committee
International Relations and Defence CommitteeWednesday 18 May 2022 Defence concepts and capabilities: from aspiration to reality. Lord Alton's questions to witness Meia Nouwens, Senior Fellow for Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation, International...
Human Rights Without Frontiers details how in the first three months of 2022, Russia targeted human rights NGOs in receipt of foreign funding along with journalists and media outlets.
https://hrwf.eu/ HRWF/ OVD Info (05.04.2022) – In the first three months of 2022, Russia massively attacked human rights NGOs getting foreign funding, journalists and media outlets. OVD Info in Russia is monitoring the muzzling of freedom of information, the...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? Essay for GIS Reports April 19th 2024.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...
Letter from the Lord (David) Alton and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, co chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, to Lord (David) Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, about the CCP’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in breach of both the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
£1 Trillion – Raised In Parliament Today. The Cost of Reparations In Ukraine and Bringing To Justice Those Responsible.
https://youtu.be/xlEfrgwELvc Alongside the fatalities, injuries and chronic suffering and misery which Putin’s war has brought to Ukraine, the economic cost of rebuilding and remedying war damage is now estimated to be close to £1 trillion. Yesterday David...