Categories for General
The West Should Not Pressure Ukraine to Negotiate With Putin
It’s for the Ukrainians to decide the value of their own freedom and what negotiating position they wish to take. The West should not pressure Ukraine to negotiate with the untrustworthy Russian leader.
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Counting the Dead
How many have died of COVID-19? Counting deaths is straightforward when a pathogen kills the healthy, as with ebola or plague. It’s not so easy when a pathogen primarily endangers the frail.
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The Importance of Questioning Western Foreign Policy
Supplying arms to Ukraine *may* work, but we shouldn’t just assume it’s the right policy. The best thing the West can do is pressure both sides to negotiate, in the hope of a reaching some kind of settlement.
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The Moral Necessity of Arming Ukraine – a Reply to Noah Carl
The problem with arguing we shouldn't arm a country in case it prolongs a war is that it is an aggressors’ charter, blaming defenders for hurting their own people by not surrendering sooner.
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What Should Ukraine and the West Have Done?
What do people in the “non-Mearsheimer camp” believe Ukraine should have done? Even if we blame Russia entirely, an invasion cannot be considered a good outcome, so it’s worth asking how it could have been avoided.
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The Morality of Supplying Arms to Ukraine
If we lived in a world without nuclear weapons, we could enter the war and probably achieve a decisive victory over Russia. But that *isn’t* the world we live in. And we have to make plans based on reality.
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School Closures Had No Effect On Transmission in Japan
Studies show that the benefits of closing schools are marginal at best. But the costs are very real. It’s no wonder that even erstwhile members of Independent SAGE are admitting they get this one wrong.
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The Real Truth About Viruses
Being sceptical is one thing. Being just plain wrong is another. And those who deny the existence of viruses and the tenets of germ theory are wrong. Here's why.
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Has the West Got a Leg to Stand On When it Complains of Putin’s Disregard for International Law and Other Moral Norms?
It's become commonplace for politicians to condemn Putin for breaching international law and other moral norms. But have they got a leg to stand on when Britain has done likewise in the past? Yes, says a military lawyer.
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Chicago Students Try to Cancel Professor Who Predicted Ukraine Crisis
Back in 2015, John Mearsheimer, said: "The West is leading Ukraine down the primrose path and the end result is that Ukraine is going to get wrecked". Quite prophetic, no? But now students are trying to cancel him.
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