And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

Well, if the NATO countries don't make more of their troops usable and don't get the equipment to get them fast where the action is, then the organisation will suffer and will increasingly become irrelevant.

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.

Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead.