International affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe examines the echoes of the first World War in the arms race underway in Southeast Asia. Excerpt: As China has become wealthy it has also become an expansionist power. Beijing portrays its territorial ambitions as
Read More →JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs March 4, 2017 In these times of seething rage, it is increasingly likely that Britain’s divorce from the European Union will lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom itself. As the parliament in Westminster completes the
International affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe examines the echoes of the first World War in the arms race underway in Southeast Asia. Excerpt: As China has become wealthy it has also become an expansionist power. Beijing portrays its territorial ambitions as merely the