Editorial Republicans will protect the US president in the Senate. The public’s verdict remains to be seen In 231 years, only three US presidents have been impeached. Now Donald Trump faces two courts.
By Wai Wai Nu* – Newsweek Having spent a quarter of my life as a political prisoner, I have witnessed the best and the worst of humanity. Last week, at the genocide hearings at the International Court of Justice at the Hague, I felt both of those emotions.
By MERIDITH MCGRAW and DANIEL LIPPMAN – POLITICO Years from now, impeachment will be one of the first things students are taught about the 45th president Real estate mogul, billionaire, reality show host, late-night show punch line, populist rabble rouser, norm-busting leader —…
Evans* – The Nation The unmaking of the postwar international order. Almost immediately upon entering the White House in 2017, Donald Trump began a series of assaults on the existing global order, which has lasted in its essentials since the end of World War II.
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures I arrived in London on Saturday afternoon. Traffic was heavy and it took nearly two hours to reach my hotel, giving ample time to speak to my driver. It was time well spent.
By Tyler Durden* –Zero Hedge Authored by Daniel Lacalle via DLacalle.com The results of the UK elections have shown something that I have commented on several occasions: The widely spread narrative that British citizens had regretted having voted for Brexit was simply incorrect…
By Michael Bloomberg* – Newsweek Earlier this week, reporters asked me why I was in Madrid for the U.n. climate summit rather than back home on the campaign trail. The answer was simple: I went because President Donald Trump refused to go.
The Economist The Conservatives triumph. Yet Boris Johnson faces tough challenges over Brexit—and much else GRIMSBY SUMMED UP a fantastic night for the Conservatives and a terrible one for Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Editorial The backlash over Hungary’s new theatre legislation is not just political drama. It is a democratic and artistic crisis In a speech last year, the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán gave his definition of what some late 20th-century Marxists used to call hegemony…
By Francesco Martone* More than 20 years have passed since the United Nations adopted a Declaration on Human Rights Defenders that acknowledged the role of individuals and collectives that struggle to protect human rights. Since then, multiple initiatives have unfurled and…
