Thanks to Will Martindale for gifting me this book, a thoroughly illuminating history of the conflicts in the middle east over the last 120 years. With all that is going on between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas and all the other myriad players in this complex region and globally this book helps give tremendous context … Continue reading The making of the modern middle east by Jeremy Bowen
This book is a sobering read. Luce’s hypothesis is that the world liberal elite “ruling classes”, particularly on the left, have lost touch with the heartland of their countries and that, together with new developments in technology and the rise of China, this is leading to some tectonic shifts in geopolitics which are evidenced in … Continue reading Edward Luce’s The Retreat of Western Liberalism
Picking up on a theme from the last blogpost: that one of the worst things for relationships is a great sense of self-righteousness, a lot of self-righteousness comes from our own sense of moral compass. The world seems more and more polarised in political views. Are you liberal or conservative? Many of these views seem … Continue reading The psychology of liberal and conservative values and crossing the great divide
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