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What prospects for peace?
In my Talking Point for The Times of Malta, I look at the prospects for peace in Ukraine: "For the time being, they remain somewhat grim....
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Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 - 2022)
In my piece for The Sunday Times of Malta (4.IX.2022), I write about the late Mikhail Gorbachev; a man who brought about change on an...
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Looking beyond Russia
In my monthly piece in Maltese for Il-Lehen (29.V.2022), I argue that, while the world has its eyes on Russia, it seems to have forgotten...