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Nobody will stand up for Scotland abroad
Sam’s Boys Originally uploaded by acidrabbi Joan McAlpine has an important point about the al-Megrahi affair (hat-tip: SNP Tactical Voting), namely that both the UK and the US are saying Scotland’s...
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The jobs created by independence
Dutch Embassy Uploaded by Ko:(char *)hook Independence sceptics are often worrying endlessly about the jobs that might disappear as a result of Scottish Independence. However, many jobs will be...
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Scotland’s foreign policy
Wales as part of Englanti Originally uploaded by hugovk Scotland hasn’t had a foreign policy since the Act of Union in 1707, and to some extent not since the Unions of the Crowns in 1603. It is...
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Scotland will get £172m to buy embassies
British Embassy Originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian I just noticed that in 2010, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office‘s global estate (i.e., embassies, consulates, etc.) was worth...
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Why Westminster will do anything to hold on to Scotland
Security Council meeting room, a photo by François @ Edito.qc.ca on Flickr. Wings over Scotland recently published an interesting article which contained the following illuminating passage: So why...
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The most realistic answer
L’Assemblée Nationale Européenne, a photo by CedEm photographies on Flickr.A short while ago, Yves Gounin (who is a high-ranking government official in France) wrote a very interesting article in the...
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Foreign policy priorities
As a rule of thumb, I reckon you can get a rough idea of a country’s foreign policy priorities by drawing a circle around the capital, because this is where the parliamentarians, government ministers...
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Independence movements and Realpolitik
Photo by condredge The current independence projects don’t seem to be going too well: The Kurds are losing huge areas to the Iraqi forces (apparently supported by the Iranians, who really don’t want...
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