Comments on Global Power Europe: A recipe for national suicide?

Hello Jonathan: I’m not sure. You see, if the prob...

2009-07-26T03:57:32.744+01:00

Hello Jonathan: I’m not sure. You see, if the problem is pronounced within the political establishment, it is also pervasive amongst much of the academic community too. I suppose the generation holding power today was the generation at my age (mid 20s) during the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Soviet order in Eastern Europe. I guess it is hard to reassess everything you have told

James, Although I have disagreed with you in the...

2009-07-13T20:28:55.801+01:00

James,

Although I have disagreed with you in the past over the need for an integrated EU military force - I could not agree with you more about the IPPR paper. As you said, the most worrying thing is the proposal for the scrapping of big ticket items. Many people do not realise how useful these things can be in todays conflicts. (As you pointed out). Aircraft carriers would help

What a naive standpoint on defense matters to thin...

2009-07-09T06:01:51.091+01:00

What a naive standpoint on defense matters to think that focusing on human rights for children(as good as that goes though) secures a country more than participating in the modern tech arms race. Collective wishful thinking from a-z this report seems to be.

EU member states should in fact be boosting defence spending in high tech arms research like the Neuron, AESA radar, and that

James, A good article as always; but a quick comme...

2009-07-06T20:44:42.365+01:00

James,
A good article as always; but a quick comment (I'll be back for more later)

The reports main authors - all pro European who all feel strongly about a fully integrated Europe.

Hello Ernobius: Thanks for your comment. To answer...

2009-07-01T10:03:27.042+01:00

Hello Ernobius: Thanks for your comment. To answer it, all I can say is that I’m not sure. The IPPR has been very close to the government in the past, and Lord Robertson—a former Labour Secretary of State for Defence and the Atlantic Alliance’s Secretary General—was one of the leading authors, and the government has already set in motion a number of efforts to undermine and rob the naval fleet in

You talk out of my heart. What is your estimate, h...

2009-07-01T09:42:38.419+01:00

You talk out of my heart. What is your estimate, how much will their report influence decisions?