Category: Commentary
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Return to Sender: October 2026
So on this Monday, 26 October, we are mid-way through the current election cycle and so far it’s 2-0 to the left wing parties but with the two elections that really matter on a geopolitical level still to come.
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Letter from Lincoln…October 2026
October marks Halloween, when the witching hour is nigh for some, as the US mid-term elections approach for others. Either way, the outcome is likely to be grim for many of us.
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Return to Sender: September 2026
Month by month now we are seeing a rewriting of the world order that has held sway for many decades, as old certainties give way and new alliances are formed. It’s both fascinating to watch and terrifying at the same time.
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Letter from Lincoln…September 2026
I usually aim to concentrate on geoeconomics in these mid-month reports but inevitably the political situation always overshadows this, even more so this month.
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Return to Sender: August 2026
Right at the start of August, three countries in the Middle East region – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – came together to sign the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. Similar to NATO’s article 5, this states that any attack on one will be considered as an attack on all three and be met with a…
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Letter from Lincoln…August 2026
The dominant theme of the summer is continuing into August – runaway wars and out of control wildfires – but attention is now starting to turn to the cost of all this.
