Tony Blair | Watching America

U.K.: Peter Mandelson Is Being Sent to Washington To Join the Battle for Donald Trump’s Ear

Lalatendu Das - December 22, 2024. Published in The Guardian

In choosing the U.K.’s new ambassador, Keir Starmer is gambling that the rewards will justify the risks.

U.K.: Fair To Say America Isn’t Gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s What She Can Learn from Mr. Bean

Lalatendu Das - April 25, 2024. Published in The Guardian

The New York Times didn’t cover Truss’ book launch in Washington, nor did The Washington Post.

Malaysia: Dallas Does Bush In

Lalatendu Das - May 27, 2022. Published in New Straits Times

India: Self-Serving Goal?

Lalatendu Das - November 27, 2021. Published in The Statesman

The Biden administration summit is ... a cynical ploy to punish Russia for aligning with China on myriad global issues.

Singapore: Reign of Terror

Robin Koerner - September 12, 2021. Published in New Straits Times

The criminal laws of the U.S. are not ready, able or willing to investigate, put on trial and imprison alleged American war criminals like George w. Bush.

Malaysia: West’s War of Terror

Robin Koerner - September 9, 2021. Published in New Straits Times

U.K.: It Has Taken 20 Years To Prove the Invasion of Afghanistan Was Totally Unnecessary

Lalatendu Das - August 16, 2021. Published in The Guardian

Western involvement in the country was a post-imperial fantasy that has led to the current ghastly situation.

U.K.: Like Donald Trump, Boris Johnson Is a Politician Who Deserves To Be Booed

Lalatendu Das - October 31, 2019. Published in The Guardian

Both men are so desperate to be liked that a chorus of disapproval is sometimes the most appropriate response.

South Africa: What Ramaphosa Can Learn from Trump

Lalatendu Das - March 4, 2019. Published in Mail & Guardian

China: Trump’s Tweets May Shake Financial Markets, but It’s the Economy That Prevails

Lalatendu Das - April 19, 2018. Published in South China Morning Post

Spain: The ‘Trump Effect’

Tom Walker - September 6, 2017. Published in El Periodico

Donald Trump’s erratic and crazy administration has succeeded in making the reputation of George W. Bush, the most hated president 15 years ago, look spotless.

China: American Lies about the Iraq War Once Again Expose Its Hegemony

Robin Koerner - August 13, 2016. Published in Huanqiu

China is not another Iraq. The so-called need for “navigational freedom” is built on lies, and it is really about America’s freedom to rampage.

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