By Reva Goujon* – Stratfor Highlights: –Referendums are a compelling tool to engage the public when it has lost faith in the ability of political institutions to uphold a social contract. It is little wonder, then, that referendums have seen a resurgence alongside the rise of…
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 2018 (IPS) – The UN’s major donors – led by the United States – have long been accused of influence-peddling and misusing their financial clout not only to grab some of the high ranking jobs in the world body but also threaten funding cuts…
By Craig Timberg , Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin – The Washington Post Months after President Trump took office, Russia’s disinformation teams trained their sights on a new target: special counsel Robert S. Having worked to help get Trump into the White House, they now worked…
Q&A, Anna Triandafyllidou* Sputnik European Union member states should pay into the EU budget or toward development projects in Africa if they refuse to take in refugees. This is according to a document submitted by France and Germany to EU interior ministers in Brussels…
By Phillip Orchard* – Geopolitical Futures Long-term economic competition is at the mercy of even longer-term geopolitical competition Last Saturday in Buenos Aires, over grilled steak and Malbec one assumes were produced domestically, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese…
Kohls, MD – Duty to Warn* (With attention to what has become known as “The Business Plot”, the “Plot Against FDR” or the “White House/Wall Street Putsch”) December 4, 2018 – I was involved in pro-peace, anti-war, anti-US Imperialism efforts during the most hideous years of the…
