The problem with both the Economist and the FT is that they are living in the Colonial past of divide and rule, meanwhile the UK is no longer viable as a client state of declining America, and in danger of disintegration. Outside the region, geopolitical shifts are taking the edge off the anti-Israel backlash. The governments of Russia, India and China are deeply concerned about the threat of radical Islam at home. Last week more than 100 people were killed in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, after fighting provoked by Muslim separatists. Russia also has 20m Muslim citizens and, after waging two brutal wars in Chechnya, is paranoid about Islamist militancy. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, is a Hindu nationalist, who himself is accused of connivance in anti-Muslim violence.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:07:54 +0000
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