A Truly Historical Month for the Future of Our Planet

March 24, 2018

March 2018 will go down in history as a truly historical month March 1st, Vladimir Putin makes his historical address to the Russian Federal Assembly. March 4th, Sergei Skripal, a former UK spy, is al…

Breaching the Public Trust – Facebook Is the Beginning

March 24, 2018

Opinion

Last night I was chatting with a friend while waiting for my daughter. She told me her phone now informs her when her bills are due. Now, that may not seem like a big deal, but it is when you realize …

Why the World Is a More Dangerous Place Today Than It Was During the Cold War

March 24, 2018

Opinion

On 9 August 2017 President Trump tweeted “My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before.” This statement of U…

Calm Down, Turkey’s Not Going to Invade the Balkans

March 24, 2018

Opinion

President Erdogan’s regular addresses to the Muslim and Turkish people of the Balkans are a soft power tactic that isn’t any functionally different from the transnational outreach attempts that other …

The World According to John Bolton… In His Own Words

March 24, 2018

Opinion

John Bolton is set to replace HR McMaster as Donald Trump's national security adviser in a Lazarus-like resurrection for a man regarded as among the most hawkish of American politicians. The US presid…

Will the Deep State Break Trump?

March 24, 2018

Opinion

"It is becoming more obvious with each passing day that the men and the movement that broke Lyndon Johnson's authority in 1968 are out to break Richard Nixon," wrote David Broder on Oct. 8, 1969. "The…

US Threatens Trade War Against China

March 24, 2018

Opinion

The Trump administration has opened a trade war against China by announcing that tariffs will be imposed on up to $60 billion worth of Chinese exports to the United States. It has also launched a trea…

How Secular Is the West? The U.S., Britain, Australia… Secular Nation States, “So Help Me God”??

March 24, 2018

Opinion

Of late there have been quite a number of know-it-all ‘academics’ ‘political analysts’ dollar earning civil society coming forward promoting the displacement of Buddhism enshrined in Article 9 to be r…