Burrowes* It is already clearly apparent, as many predicted, that Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States would signal the start of what might be the final monumental assault on much of what is good in our world. Whatever our collective gains to date to create…
By Bertil Lintner – | Asia Times Many in Myanmar expected miracles when Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government took office after decades of military misrule. The political reality has been more prosaic Myanmar’s first genuinely democratically elected government in more than half…
By Phil Harris ROME (IDN) – As wealth and well-being continue their inexorable course towards increasing concentration in the hands of fewer and fewer, an estimated 795 million people still suffer from hunger, and global food security is threatened by climate change and mounting…
By Eugene Robinson* – The Washington Post The Trump administration so far has been smoke and mirrors, sound and fury, self-proclaimed victimhood and angry tweets. Where is the substance?
William Keegan – The Guardian It is not just the British economy at stake: the absurdities and evasions of the Leave campaign are jeopardising hard-won stability across the continent There are many problems afflicting the British economy, and many afflicting the European Union…
DAVID FRUM – The Atlantic, MARCH 2017 ISSUE The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
By Baher Kamal ROME, Feb 24 2017 (IPS) – For those who still deny the tangible impact of climate change, please note that the extended spell of high global temperatures is continuing; the Arctic is witnessing exceptional warmth with record low ice volumes–the lowest on record…
Ross Kemp – The Guardian I’ve seen the dangerous route to Europe through Libya, with thousands of people at the mercy of cruelty for profit. But our leaders prefer to keep them there It’s a mass grave that we don’t need the United Nations to verify.
by: Philip Stephens –Financial Times The Munich Security Conference used to be the place where western leaders talked about bad and dangerous things happening elsewhere in the world. This year the conversation was all about bad and dangerous things imperilling democracy at home.
By IPS World Desk ROME/BERLIN, Feb 23 2017 (IPS) – Five key G20 countries are failing to meet commitments to publish data that helps tackle corruption, warns a new report by international anti-corruption watchdogs. “If the data was publicly available it could be used to curb…
