Rodric Braithwaite
Articles by Rodric Braithwaite
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International Politics
Back to the USSR
- 21 January 2010
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The invasion of Afghanistan was disastrous for the Soviets, leading ultimately to a humiliating withdrawal. They may have succeeded militarily, but they failed politically – and we are heading the same way
Ideas
The war that will never be won
- 26 June 2006
There is no such thing as a humanitarian intervention: if you invade a country you will always kill people. Rodric Braithwaite on the folly of our campaign in Iraq
World Affairs
The fury of disappointed love Tony Blair came to power proclaiming that, under new Labour, Britain would no longer have to choose between the US and Europe. Many believed him. But, writes Rodric Braithwaite, the disasters of war in Iraq have laid waste to his admirable goals
- 26 July 2004
Free World: why a crisis of the west reveals the opportunity of our time Timothy Garton Ash Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 308pp, £17.99 ISBN 0713997648
