Other reasons against distant dominions may be found in a consideration of the good of the government. Distant mischiefs make little impression on those on whom the remedying of them depends. A single murder committed in London makes more impression than if thousands of murders and other cruelties were committed in the East Indies. The … Continue reading Jeremy Bentham on colonies
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James Mill on the Law of Nations
In another of his essays for the supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Scottish radical James Mill considered the Law of Nations—or what we today know as international law—and how such laws might be enforced. Mill remarks upon the general outlawry that characterises international relations thus: "Have nations, in reality, combined, so constantly and steadily, … Continue reading James Mill on the Law of Nations
How the BBC Reports Foreign Policy (2/3/21)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56242610 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56253360 Today the BBC offers an interesting example of how foreign policy is reported. The headlines are 'Yemen conflict: UK cuts aid citing financial pressure from Covid’ and 'Yemen conflict: UK defends Yemeni aid cuts amid criticism from MPs’. There is no reason to doubt UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ view that the British … Continue reading How the BBC Reports Foreign Policy (2/3/21)
Notes in the Margins of the Days 