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Hungary-led Vetoes Against New EU Budget Further Fragments the Bloc’s Unity

November 22, 2020

Hungary, Poland and Slovenia have blocked the EU’s budget and post-COVID recovery plan in order to oppose conditions that European aid must be connected to “respecting the rule of law.” Budapest,…

Black is the New Black in Color Revolutions

June 28, 2020

Opinion

The U.S. is in a Civil War. It began four years ago after Donald Trump’s election and has finally boiled over into open warfare here in 2020. From the moment the protests against the killing of George…

Nationalism, Ideology and the Formation of the Nation-States Among the Yugoslavs

May 10, 2020

Opinion

There are many talks about nationalism among the peoples from the former Yugoslavia during the last three decades what is quite understandable taking into consideration the post-Cold War conflicts and…

The Politics of the Coronavirus

March 30, 2020

Opinion

The far right thrives on fear. It’s no surprise, then, that it would use the latest pandemic, which has generated widespread panic, to bolster its own agenda. All of the hallmarks of the far right are…

Examining Trump World’s Fantastic Claims About Ukraine

November 9, 2019

Opinion

In fantasy sports, participants draft their own dream teams out of the rosters of existing players. That’s what Donald Trump has done with Ukraine. He and his advisors have created a fantasy tea…

Trump Loses More than Just the Battle Over Nordstream 2

November 2, 2019

Opinion

For the past three years the U.S. has fought the construction of the Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany every inch of the way. The battle came down to the last few miles, literally, as Denma…

Aung San Suu Kyi in Hungary: A Chilling Sign of Global Islamophobia

June 8, 2019

Opinion

For many years, Aung San Suu Kyi was a hero in the West. Through a long period of house arrest, her lonely battle for freedom and democracy in Myanmar made her almost as great an icon as Nelson Mandel…

Israel’s Polonophobic Racism Might Help Netanyahu Win Reelection

February 25, 2019

Opinion

The four Central European EuroRealist countries of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic were supposed to gather together in Israel until Netanyahu and his new Foreign Minister ruined the …