Viscount CastlereaghAlexis De Tocqueville and The Long Cold WarIn my penultimate year of secondary school, my history teacher introduced the topic of the Cold War by asking a simple question — when did…6 min read·Feb 28, 2022----
Viscount CastlereaghWake Up Europe! You’re Irrelevant!The Stunning Naivety of Europe’s Foreign Policy Elite was put on full display this week as French and European politicians went ballistic…11 min read·Sep 21, 2021----
Viscount CastlereaghPutting the defeat in Afghanistan in perspectiveAuthor’s note: This story was written and published via email on August 16th6 min read·Aug 24, 2021----
Viscount CastlereaghA Day that Shall Live in InfamyOn 7 December 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt reacted to Pearl Harbour by saying that “today was a day that shall live in infamy”…7 min read·Jan 11, 2021----
Viscount CastlereaghThreading the Needle — The Art of Central Bank CommunicationThis was originally written in May but in the true spirit of central banking, I’m republishing it as forward guidance for the coming year.3 min read·Dec 22, 2020----
Viscount CastlereaghLetter from WashingtonOn March 4th 1801, John Adams left the White House at 4AM in the first peaceful transfer of power from elected representative to elected…3 min read·Nov 9, 2020----
Viscount CastlereaghWhat to watch in 2020On the third day of the year, World War 3 was trending: Things can only get better from here. The killing of Iranian General Qassem…4 min read·Jan 28, 2020----
Viscount Castlereagh2020 in a word — FearPresident Donald Trump once said that real power was “fear”; Machiavelli would be proud. Trump campaigned using fear; he has governed in…2 min read·Jan 27, 2020----
Viscount CastlereaghDecade in Review — The Decade People Took Back Control10 years ago on January 20th 2009, Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. He’d campaigned on a message of…3 min read·Dec 26, 2019----