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Welcome to my blog - I'm Charles Reed and I advise the Church of England on foreign policy issues.
This blog covers a variety of topics from US foreign policy to European politics and the Middle East - and whatever else happens to be in the news or catch my attention.
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Tag Archives: sanctions
Being Foreign Secretary for the day – preventing another Houla?
Our response to the grotesque massacre in Houla, Syria, suggests a despairing awareness that short of military intervention, which no one wants, there is little we can do to resolve the emerging sectarian civil war. My own view is that while an … Continue reading
Posted in British Foreign Policy, Ecumenism, Middle East
Tagged Houla, Lebanon, President Assad, Responsibility to Protect, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, sanctions, Syria
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The Obama-Netanyahu deal on Iran
A week laid up in bed with food poising – I knew I shouldn’t have ordered the Rye Oysters last Friday night – left me with little appetite to blog. With the sofa as my sick-bed I’ve spent the week … Continue reading
Posted in Iran
Tagged AIPAC, Deterrence, Iran, Middle East Peace Process, Netanyahu, Nucler Proliferation, Obama, sanctions, WMD
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