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Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 09:18
Last Update: Fri, 13/05/2016 - 10:41
In previous Murrinations we have discussed the two opposing energies of the Brexit debate that echo the 1642-1651 English Civil War.
…Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 11/05/2016 - 08:57
Last Update: Wed, 11/05/2016 - 10:03
Listening to the hypothetical arguments from the UK government about the damage to the economy that Brexit will cause is an obvious attempt to sow fear. An argument…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 10/05/2016 - 11:45
Last Update: Wed, 11/05/2016 - 09:20
Cameron yesterday made the rash statement that Brexit would increase the probability of WW3.
As one who has made the cause of war a…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 10:29
Last Update: Tue, 10/05/2016 - 11:56
Over six month ago, I predicted that a Republican president would win the next election in November and that Trump would be the Republican nomination. Thus, Trump would…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 06/05/2016 - 08:46
Long-term stability in global geopolitics is ever only fleeting.
Millennia ago, the major states of ancient Greece and their…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 27/04/2016 - 13:41
Last Update: Fri, 06/05/2016 - 08:50
Obama’s recent visit to the UK and his intervention into the Brexit referendum represents an unprecedented American interference in British politics and will be…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 10/03/2016 - 10:18
Last Update: Fri, 06/05/2016 - 08:51
The rather appropriately named 'Trough Wars' are characterised by a nation that finds itself in an economic and social trough. Such a nation chooses to distract its…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 04/03/2016 - 09:29
Last Update: Fri, 04/03/2016 - 16:25
In sharp comparison, Boris Johnson’s choice of project ‘Hope’ is perfectly positioned to resonate with which will almost inevitably be the winning side of this…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 08:56
Cameron’s project ‘Fear’ is an ironic choice upon which to base his campaign, as it casts him in the classical role of the archetype monarch who governs from a narrow…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 11:56
Last Update: Thu, 03/03/2016 - 17:27
I was driven to overcome my dyslexia and commit my ideas to paper in “Breaking the Code of History” because I feared for all of our children's future.
…Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 01/03/2016 - 09:01
Last Update: Tue, 01/03/2016 - 11:32
Those watching China will no doubt be both impressed and surprised by the rise of President Xi.
Since his arrival he has conducted…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 09/02/2016 - 10:00
Last Update: Tue, 09/02/2016 - 10:02
Mankind has caused 322 animal extinctions in the past 500 years (with two-thirds of those in the last two centuries). Sadly, this is an inevitable consequence of man's…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 08/02/2016 - 12:10
Last Update: Mon, 08/02/2016 - 14:47
The levers of economic and military strength will not be sufficient to ablate China’s powerful military growth. Additionally, Japan will need to engage in a new form…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 05/02/2016 - 10:23
Last Update: Fri, 05/02/2016 - 10:57
There is a long history of rivalry and warfare between China and Japan. The wars between these two great nations date back to the Baekje–Tang War (660–663). Then much…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 04/02/2016 - 10:57
Last Update: Thu, 04/02/2016 - 14:47
1 Political will
Until recently China’s foreign policy has been shaped by Deng Xiaoping who largely pursued a non-interference…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:52
Last Update: Thu, 04/02/2016 - 11:01
One of the key focuses in Breaking The Code Of History (BTCH) was that China since 1996 has been in the most dynamic second phase of empire cycle, which is aptly…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 09:21
Last Update: Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:21
It may surprise many to know that Britain, the once greatest empire within the Super Western Christian Empires, has been in a new national cycle of expansion since the…
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