Milei Puts the Falklands Back on the Table, Why Now?

Javier Milei is an unlikely champion of Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (who fought and won a war against Argentina) and an international ally of Israel (which is working with the British on a nearby oilfield), the libertarian Argentinian president may not have been expected to pick this particular fight. Nevertheless, he has placed the islands (known in Argentina as the ‘Las Malvinas’) front and centre. In a national address on 3 September, Milei described the planned $2.1bn British-Israeli Sea Lion oilfield project located in waters 220km north of the…