This article first appeared in the 4 April 2008 edition of The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission.
In the Middle East you don’t make peace with friends , you make it with distasteful enemies, writes Richard Whelan.
This article first appeared in the 4 April 2008 edition of The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission.
In the Middle East you don’t make peace with friends , you make it with distasteful enemies, writes Richard Whelan.
This review first appeared in the Spring 2008 edition of Studies and is reproduced here with their kind permission. Continue reading
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This article first appeared in the 28 December 2007 edition of The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission.
Benazir Bhutto’s assassination eliminates an obstacle to the sustained success of al-Qaeda, writes Richard Whelan.
The public heaved a sigh of relief at the recent US intelligence announcement that Iran was not pushing its nuclear weapons programme in 2003 despite claims to the contrary , mixed with exasperation that yet again, the United States had misread the Middle East. Continue reading
Our Western mindset blocks a clear understanding of Al-Qaeda attacks Continue reading
When a Chinese medium-range ballistic missile fired from the Xichang space centre in Sichuan Province destroyed an old Chinese weather satellite in low earth orbit at an altitude of 864km a few minutes later, there was a subtle shift in the balance of power which is only now beginning to be understood. Continue reading
This article first appeared in October 2007 in The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission.
With a rapidly aging population will China seem such a good investment in 15 years?
Richard Whelan says the demographic challenges facing China are a fact of life already for France, Germany and Japan.