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Argentina’s Foreign Minister compares the Falklanders to Israeli settlers
Argentina’s foreign minister, Hector Timerman, is in town. He spoke to all the All Party Parliamentary Group on Argentina earlier this afternoon. There are close economic and social links between… Continue reading
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Cristina Kirchner forgets the most important people in the Falklands row: the Islanders
The British government has been gently rattling the bars in its stand-off with Argentina over the Falklands of late: giving the Queen a stretch of land in Antarctica which Cristina… Continue reading
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Bad times in Buenos Aires – Shiva Naipaul Prize, 1996
Miranda France won the Spectator/ Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize in 1996. Her winning essay (below) formed the heart of her first, eponymous book. Two years later she wrote her second book,… Continue reading
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Stop funding Argentina
One of the justifications for Britain’s large, and rapidly growing, international development budget is that it promotes our national interests. Politicians are wary of appealing to a public sceptical of… Continue reading
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The US has taken a stance against Argentina’s brinkmanship — it’s time we joined them
The 30th anniversary of the Falklands War – and the bellicose rhetoric (and videos) currently emerging from Buenos Aires — has once more shone a spotlight on the UK’s relationship… Continue reading
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The EU against new booze
You don’t expect to find so much politics in a booze mag, but there’s an intriguing story in a recent edition of the Drinks Magazine. Relations between Britain and Argentina have… Continue reading
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A new Argy-bargy
Another article to mark the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War — this one from the current issue of the magazine. It’s by John Simpson and analyses the current tensions… Continue reading
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From the archives: Defending the Falklands
To mark the 30th anniversary of the start of the Falklands War, here’s Ferdinand Mount’s column from the time: The last armada, Ferdinand Mount, 10 April 1982 A debacle speaks… Continue reading
6 CommentsSean Penn: A Kissinger For Our Time
One of Henry Kissinger’s great gifts is the ability to write op-eds that are clear as petrol. I recall one such piece, published by the Washington Post (his favoured venue… Continue reading
13 CommentsFalklands Talks? There Is Nothing To Talk About.
So much for today’s Guardian. In the Independent, Philip Hensher has a grand solution for the "Falklands Problem": we should jst sell the islands to Argentina. [I]t might be worth… Continue reading
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The politics hovering over the Falklands
With HMS Dauntless and now Prince William gliding across the Atlantic to reinforce Britain’s claim on the Falklands, there’s no denying that tensions with Argentina have been raised. But let’s… Continue reading
32 CommentsCameron’s fight over the Falklands
Thirty years on from the Falklands War, and the hostility between Britain and Argentina persists. And it was that hostility that delivered the most striking moment of PMQs earlier. Not… Continue reading
22 CommentsFog around the Falklands
For the populist president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, the ban on Falklands-flagged ships agreed by the Mercosur summit in Montevideo is a diplomatic triumph. It comes after a string of… Continue reading
79 CommentsAn American context for UK defence cuts
Yesterday’s defence select committee report provoked stern critiques of the government’s defence policy from Alex Massie and Matt Cavanagh. It is hard to dissent from Matt’s view that Cameron, Fox… Continue reading
11 CommentsFrom the archive: don’t cry for me Argentina as Greek tragedy
As the world braces itself for the ‘inevitable Greek default‘, and investors look nervously at potentially exposed banks, perhaps it’s worth recalling Argentina’s implosion a decade ago. Here is what… Continue reading
3 CommentsCameron vs Kirchner
After stating the obvious at PMQs this week — that the Falklands would remain sovereign British territory as long as they want to be — David Cameron has come under… Continue reading
61 CommentsBritain’s threadbare defence establishment
A mutiny is brewing. Several former admirals, led by Lord West, have written a seething letter to the Times (£), condemning the decision to decommission the Harrier and Ark Royal.… Continue reading
37 CommentsGreat Moments in Analysis: Argentine Edition
I don’t really have anything to say about the death of Nestor Kirchner and nor, it seems, do the analysts consulted by the New York Times: His death could either… Continue reading
2 CommentsHillary Clinton & the Falklands
Bagehot of the Economist is beginning to have some doubts about the Obama administration: I have hesitated to read drastic slights into the sometimes awkward diplomacy between Barack Obama and… Continue reading
12 CommentsObama, Reagan and the Falklands
A follow-up to this post: sure, excitable Conservatives in Britain and the United States see the Obama administration’s disinclination to take a position on the latest Falklands dispute as proof… Continue reading
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