The Anti-Trump Regime Change Sequence Is Worthwhile Studying

The Anti-Trump Regime Change Sequence Is Worthwhile Studying

It’s worthwhile studying the sequence of regime change events leading to the recent overt attempt to anti-democratically topple the incumbent President of the United States through superficially “democratic” means since obtaining a better understanding of how this plot played out can help in preemptively identifying and subsequently thwarting similar such attempts elsewhere in the world…

Trump’s Bid to Stop Count could Turn US into an ‘Illiberal Democracy’

Trump’s Bid to Stop Count could Turn US into an ‘Illiberal Democracy’

By claiming victory in the presidential election while it is still in the balance, President Trump is following what could be called “the Turkish playbook” in his determination to stay in the White House. This approach is a rerun of the strategy employed by several populist national leaders across the world in recent years to…

China’s Growing Ties with Laos

China’s Growing Ties with Laos

The landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and home to a little over 7 million people, has over the past decade built important ties with neighbouring China particularly in the fields of tourism, trade, investment and infrastructure. For a nation that has suffered tremendously amid and in the aftermath…

France and Turkey Not Embroiled in “Clash of Civilizations” but Rather Geopolitical Struggle

France and Turkey Not Embroiled in “Clash of Civilizations” but Rather Geopolitical Struggle

The horrific terrorist attacks in France and the confrontation that erupted between Paris and Ankara has questioned alliances and changed the geopolitical landscape in the East Mediterranean and Africa. Many are calling this a “clash of civilizations” between the liberal secular West, led by France, and reactionary extreme Islamism, led by Turkey. However, a stronger argument to…

No, a Joe Biden Win Wouldn’t Spell the End for Brexit or Populism…Despite What the ‘Elite’ Try to Tell You

No, a Joe Biden Win Wouldn’t Spell the End for Brexit or Populism…Despite What the ‘Elite’ Try to Tell You

Suggestions from leading UK politicians that a Biden election victory could stop Brexit and signal the death of populism are utter nonsense. As Donald Trump’s election performance demonstrates, they are wildly out of touch. For instance, he wrote last week, “The most important thing that will happen in British politics this year is next Tuesday’s…

America After the Election: A Few Hard Truths About the Things that Won’t Change

America After the Election: A Few Hard Truths About the Things that Won’t Change

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell The American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new president in the White House can solve the problems that plague us. Yet no matter who wins this presidential election, you can…