Marshall PalmerGruelling adventure and fine dining in the high Alps: The classic Haute Route tour still offers a…“Hold out there! I’ll throw you the rope for the next section” my guide, Conny, yells down to me. There are 15 metres of menacing ice and…Jul 4Jul 4
Marshall PalmerBarbie needed less Mattel, more MarxWhat drives social change? Does culture determine social order? How should power be distributed in a fair society? These are the questions…Sep 14, 2023Sep 14, 2023
Marshall PalmerFragments from a wedding speech“Titania sleeping in the moonlight protected by her fairies” by John Simmons, via wikimedia commons.Sep 9, 2023Sep 9, 2023
Marshall PalmerReview: The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, by Odd Arne…[I wrote this in 2020. Reposting here because I still believe this is one of the best IR books that I’ve read.]Aug 6, 2023Aug 6, 2023
Marshall PalmerWhat happened to the restrainers?What happened to restrainers? I thought this was a strategic school of thought that advocated a strategy of “offshore balancing”. Yet when…Jun 25, 2023Jun 25, 2023
Marshall PalmerNo, the far right is not influential in Ukraine!Last month a paramilitary group known as the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) launched a raid into Belgorod, Russia. As the name suggests, the…Jun 24, 2023Jun 24, 2023
Marshall PalmerKnock at the Cabin, a fun, dumb, empty thrillPremise: a family goes on vacation to a cabin in the woods. Far away from emergency services, they fall victim to home invasion.Jun 23, 2023Jun 23, 2023
Marshall Palmer‘War is god.’ Blood Meridian and how the West was won‘It makes no difference what men think of war, said the Judge. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man…Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 2023