Labour in the UK and National Rally in France Show Europe in Flux
Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Europe
France’s Macron: NATO Is Dying; Germany’s Merkel: Don’t Be So Quick to Surrender.
Friday, November 8, 2019 at 7:21 AM
A defining feature of the Trump presidency is the way the United States is alienating allies and embracing enemies. This was the case just weeks ago when the United States summarily betrayed the Syrian Kurds, leaving them to the crusading devices of Turkish frenemies and the mercenary devices of Russian and Syrian enemies. Therefore, iPINIONS… Read more.
Africans Dying to Become Europeans
Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:22 AM
Reports about African migrants dying to breathe free have become normalized. They hardly register in public consciousness, let alone prick our collective conscience. At least 65 migrants have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia. … The incident is thought to be one of the deadliest shipwrecks involving migrants… Read more.
Checkmated on Crimea, Obama Plays for Rest of Ukraine
Friday, March 7, 2014 at 7:38 AM
To all intents and purposes Crimea is now a part of Russia. All that remains is for the United States and Europe to negotiate a way to contain President Putin’s pan-Russian ambitions so that Ukrainians can govern what remains of their country (especially in the East) without undue interference. Their strategy of containment might work… Read more.