‘Somewheres East of Suez’ Is Again the World’s Focus

Commentary British writer Rudyard Kipling’s poem, Mandalay, contains the words: “Ship me somewheres East of Suez, where the best is like the worst; where there aren’t no Ten Commandments, and a man can raise a thirst.” It highlighted that even more than a century ago, the great powers found their essential strategic fortunes linked to […]