Monday 15 April 2013

Update


The blog has been going far better than expected: now clocking over 1,500 views in total, with the most recent post on Iraq by far the most popular. I have found it far more enjoyable than working on maths or economics, probably to the detriment of my grades. I have to apologise for the length of posts but given the subject matter I find it hard to get them down to a reasonable word count; furthermore, as I said in the introductory post, the blog is as much a place for me to record my thoughts as an audience-seeking enterprise. The blog also seems to be riling some people up, since I received an email from Google saying I was subject to an attack located in the US. 

Coming up I have arranged for a guest blog post from fellow course member Jamie Sims, who writes a blog (http://annoyingpeasant.blogspot.co.uk/) on political issues from gay marriage to atheism to libertarian socialism. It’s far more nicely laid out than mine and a good read; I believe he will write something to be put on here about domestic issues or economics, to give a balance to the dense international relations that characterises the majority of my own writing. In return I will contribute a post to his blog about international politics, most probably something on West Papua. Also in the pipeline for the near-future are posts on the current crisis on the Korean Peninsula and drone warfare.  

For anyone interested, another friend of mine writes a blog on European and British issues: he wrote a post ‘In Thatcher’s Defense’ (http://europeandfriends.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/in-thatchers-defense/), which was followed by an amusing 11-comment exchange between the two of us on the legacy of the late-Thatcher. 

5 comments:

  1. And, of course, you are all most welcome to read my blog at thecouscousdiaries.com where you can find views that Connor is likely to disagree with ;-)

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  2. Ah how could I forget to promote you Raph! But yes yours is also a good blog. Did you catch the post on a diplomatic solution to the Iranian issue?

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    1. Slightly offended but I'll let it slide - cheers! And no, reading it now though.

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  3. Also I would like to have a post from you on here some time if you're up for that, good to get the opposing side...

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    1. Absolutely, just let me know. Likewise for mine, naturally.

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