anne mullin
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anne mullin
@dialogicspace
@NHSforYES #NowScotlandNow. Retired GP








They thought history was somehow bending in their direction. But that's not how history works. On Orban, and the illiberal leaders from around the world who flocked to support him: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…







Pro-Israeli lobby groups intensified efforts in late 2025 to block or restrict the release and distribution of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s latest book on Gaza, titled When the World Sleeps, which includes stories, words, and wounds of Palestine, and documents Israeli atrocities against humanity. Scheduled for English-language release in April 2026, following its initial late 2025 publication, the book now faces significant distribution uncertainty in the US.

India’s Military Is Preparing for the Wrong War India’s military strategy remains geared toward fighting the next big conventional war, even as its two closely aligned regional adversaries, China and Pakistan, prosecute asymmetric campaigns against it. China’s stealthy land grabs in Ladakh in 2020 — achieved without firing a single shot — offer a telling example. America’s war in Iran has again underscored the new logic of warfare: advantage no longer rests solely with the technologically superior, but with the strategically adaptive. Despite unleashing overwhelming force, the U.S. failed to convert its tactical successes into a tangible strategic outcome in the face of Iran’s asymmetric reprisals. This is a lesson India can ill afford to ignore, given its continued emphasis on importing big-ticket platforms. It has consistently ranked among the world’s largest arms importers. New Delhi is now advancing a major Rafale deal with France worth around $40 billion — far exceeding its cumulative investment this century in indigenous missile and drone development. The Iran war, much like the conflict in Ukraine, highlights that low-cost drones and missiles are now decisive, transformative weapons of deterrence and reprisal, often outpacing traditional high-end systems in strategic effect. India’s costly obsession with conventional war is blinding it to a simple reality: big-ticket weapons no longer deliver commensurate strategic returns. openthemagazine.com/world/war-on-i…





















