Tag Archives: international relations

Geoffrey Payne

The End of the End of History

By Geoffrey Payne | Mon 21st January 2019 - 3:36 pm

Back in 1992 Francis Fukuyama wrote a highly influential but seriously flawed book; “The End of History and the Last Man”. The general idea was that after the fall of the Berlin Wall the great ideological conflict between liberal democracy and communism had been settled. Liberal democracy had won, was spreading rapidly around the world and in due course every country would become a one. Good would triumph over evil.

The end of history meant the end of ideological conflict. Democracy would continue but the disagreements would be relatively minor. Ironically this view was similar to the Marxist belief in historical …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged | 5 Comments
Caron Lindsay

Trump and Johnson on the world stage. What could possibly go wrong?

By Caron Lindsay | Thu 8th December 2016 - 9:18 pm

Sometimes I feel like I just want to get a big, soft cushion with Obama’s face on it to hide behind every time the news comes on after 20th January next year.

The US electorate has put a Twitter troll in charge. You would think that the person in the most powerful job in the world would have better things to do than take to social media to respond to every tiny criticism of him. The other day, for example, he said this of his call with Taiwan’s leader:

…

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged , and | 11 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • paul barker
    Reform had a relatively good night because several of the contests fell in areas where they are relatively strong, however they are still going down steadily, 4...
  • suzanne fletcher
    thank you @Peter Wrigley, yes saw the Liberator article, and David Grace's too. @William Wallace, the jazz band - well words fail, I was in tears before we had...
  • Caron LindsayCaron Lindsay
    We usually do. Apologies if we missed it this year....
  • William Wallace
    So lots of us were at Michael Meadowcroft's funeral service, but none of you have mentioned the splendid jazz band... I had dug out some of Michael's pamphlets...
  • Peter wrigley
    @Suzanne Fletcher. Please feel free to quote whatever you wish. You might also find GordonLishman's obituary for Michael in the latest Liberator a useful sourc...