Ukraine war: grim spectre of chemical and biological weapons raises fears of Putin’s dirty arsenal: Would Russia really use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine? Tereshchenko Dmitry via Shutterstock Warning: this article is accompanied by an image that some readers might find distressing. The United States has issued a stark warning that Russia is preparing …
How the spectre of Yugoslavia looms over EU’s handling of the refugee crisis: Memorial to early 1990s war in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Clay Gilliland, CC BY-SA With peak season approaching for refugees making treacherous journeys to and through Europe, don’t be surprised if we are told again that this is unprecedented. That would certainly be in …
South Africa in the news: Israel awakens to the spectre of apartheid: Burman: Welcome back to the 1980s. Three decades after international pressure brought down the racist apartheid regime of South Africa, the extremist government in Israel seems to be daring the world to take them on. Sadly, for those who still support the vision …
Shinzo Abe visits Pearl Harbour just as the spectre of internment returns: Japanese-American internees. US Department of the Interior via Wikimedia Commons The Japanese prime minster, Shinzo Abe, is set to visit Pearl Harbour just after the 75th anniversary of the surprise attack that brought the US into the World War II. Abe is only …