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Milano Cortina 2026 opened with a ceremony Italy didn’t pretend was apolitical. From Mariah Carey’s lip-synced cameo to Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli’s live rebuke, and from Team USA’s Erin Jackson-led delegation to the crowd’s unmistakable message for American politicians, iPINIONS thinks the night revealed how sport can still unite where politics divides. Read my… Read more.
Lula isn’t just resisting Trump’s tariff threats — he’s exposing the emperor’s naked bravado. Where Trump fabricates martyrdom, Lula embodies resilience. And in a world of spineless appeasers, iPINIONS hails this Brazilian president for showing democratic leaders how to stand tall. Read my full post on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/brazils-lula-makes-donald-trump-look Read more.
Greenlanders just did what too many Americans failed to do in 2016: they saw Donald Trump as a bullying snake-oil salesman with autocratic and imperial ambitions, and they rejected his pitch outright. With Tuesday’s parliamentary results, Greenlanders made clear their intent to maintain their colonial ties to Denmark. That’s because they fully appreciate the risk… Read more.
Russia using North Korea’s nuclear playbook Russia and North Korea are the only two nuclear powers whose leaders continually boast about using nukes. That is no coincidence. Russia and North Korea are also the two poorest and most sanctioned among the nine nuclear powers. Both leverage nuclear weapons to compensate for everything from diplomatic isolation to economic stagnation. North… Read more.
The UN: where words go to die The headline in yesterday’s Financial Times (FT) spoke volumes. It declared: ‘Enfeebled’ UN fights for relevance in divided world: A cold war-style stalemate over Ukraine and Sino-American tensions have left the Security Council at a low ebb Most notably, the FT reported that: For diplomats and UN veterans, the swirl of this week’s General… Read more.
