The White House

It’s the time of year when politicians normally depart these shores for the green tinged haze of Washington, a US political nod to the Irish American diaspora. Unionism, after many years avoiding the breakfasts, canapés and chicken dinners, now engage with the frivolity. That’s in normal times, these are certainly not. The gold standard invitation … Continue reading The White House →

Cold War Reset

It’s a coup. We usually envisage such events as sudden, militaristic regime changes in a far off nations, usually considered unstable. Tanks rolling through the gates of a Presidential palace, troops seizing a tv station. But some coups are longer in the making. The greater the constitutional safeguards, the greater the general stability, the longer … Continue reading Cold War Reset →