Day: December 13, 2018

US-Russia Tensions Mount Over Warplanes in Venezuela

December 13, 2018 Opinion

The landing of two Russian long-range strategic bombers at an airport outside of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas Monday touched off a bitter exchange between US and Russian officials, underscoring t…

Who Does Emmanuel Macron Owe?

December 13, 2018 Opinion

Emmanuel Macron did not feel destined for a career in politics. As a young man, he hoped to become a philosopher, then a senior civil servant, then a business banker. To help him on his way, he freque…

The Indiscreet Charm of the Gilets Jaunes

December 13, 2018 Opinion

So it appears the privatization of France isn’t going quite as smoothly as planned. As I assume you are aware, for over a month now, the gilets jaunes (or “yellow vests”), a multiplicitous, leaderless…

Trump and China: Towards a Cold or Hot War?

December 13, 2018 Opinion

At first glance, the dispute between the US and China revolves around unfair competition and theft of intellectual property. On closer inspection it is about something much more fundamental, namely fr…

Cunning Plan: Poland Wants to Set Up a US Military Base Right Next to Russia’s Kaliningrad

December 13, 2018 Opinion

Poland and the US are reportedly in talks over setting up an American military base on the border with Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea. How serious, and most importantly, how realis…

The Noose Tightens Around the EU’s Neck

December 13, 2018 Opinion

Last weekend’s protests across France may have done far more damage than just smashed windows and stolen iPhones. The depth of French anger at the neoliberal globalist policies of President Emmanuel M…

Tunisia Is Under Threat from a Gulf-Backed Coup

December 13, 2018 Opinion

The relationship between Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Ennahda party and the Islamist father of the Arab Spring, and Beji Caid Essebsi, the Tunisian president and an "old wolf" from the da…

Beware, Income Disparity Is Among the Leading Global Trends

December 13, 2018 Opinion

It’s hardly a secret that there was an abrupt increase in income disparity pretty much all across the globe in the period from 1980 to 2017, as it has been recently confirmed by a report released by W…