Author Archives: tony

About tony

Decades of experience in international relations and security questions provides a matrix for incisive, yet integrated, commentary and analysis on our world. As a regular contributor and former columnist on The Irish Times and co-author of Post Washington, my site will offer an independent and occasionally irreverent take on those events that mark or daily realities.

Tomorrow’s Giants – Today

Posted on September 29, 2010 by tony

A transformational shift in global power is not on the way; it has already happened Three recent figures tell us that our future is here. We are no longer talking about direction signs indicating some distant destination, these ones say: … Continue reading →

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US Tea Party – Pipers and Tunes

Posted on September 13, 2010 by tony

What exactly was Glenn Beck’s Tea Party crowd in Washington demonstrating for? A closer look at who they were and how they came together offers some answers. In August 1963 around a quarter of a million people joined the “March … Continue reading →

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Old Rituals, Altered Realities and Troubled Waters

Posted on June 1, 2010 by tony

Can Israel’s catastrophic intervention against the Gaza convoy mark a positive turning point? Continue reading →

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UK Elections – Endangered Tribes?

Posted on May 18, 2010 by tony

As the UK’s first true coalition government in almost a century takes office, it opens up possibilities for the official assimilation of radical changes which have already taken place in British society and could, just, lay the basis for the … Continue reading →

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