Opinion, Doug Gordon* – Newsweek “The system was blinking red.” That is what an intelligence official reportedly said about briefings President Donald Trump and congressional leaders received in January about the spread of coronavirus and its potential to become a…
By Lili Bayer – POLITICO While the new legislation remains in place, no elections can be held and Orbán’s government will be able to suspend the enforcement of certain laws The Hungarian parliament on Monday voted by a two-thirds majority to allow the government of Prime…
By Jan Zielonka* -Social Europe (London) While initial responses to the coronavirus crisis have favoured national sovereignty and public authority, effective solutions will only emerge from a complex network of multi-level governance. From Madrid to Paris, Berlin to Warsaw, the…
Bonnie Kristian * -Newsweek The deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations over who is to blame for the novel coronavirus may be a warning of things to come. Beijing has spent recent weeks in a concerted effort to shift blame for its initial handling of COVID-19—even spreading a…
By Pietro Garau* The Democratic establishment has concentrated political warfare on one goal: the removal of Donald J, Trump. It is an obsessive fixation, and a convenient one.
By Brian Wong – The Diplomat, Asia-Pacific By shipping medical supplies to European countries, China is seeking to boost its image as a responsible global leader. The COVID-19 outbreak has taken the world by storm, leading to a near-total standstill in international…
By Nikki Schwab* – Daily Mail, UK Draft Andrew Cuomo! Democratic twittersphere lights up with demands to make New York governor the party’s 2020 candidate after commanding response to coronavirus put Joe Biden in the shade ‘Draft Andrew Cuomo’ accounts have been popping up on…
Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times The number of people infected and dying from the Covid-19 pandemic is increasing exponentially. A massive loss of humanity, as occurred during the “Spanish” flu of 1918 that killed 50 million to 100 million, is feared. The collapse of financial…
By Tim Schwab* – The Nation Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself). His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own. A Nation investigation illustrates the moral hazards surrounding the Gates Foundation’s $50 billion…
By Riccardo Petrella* Public water. Starting from the universal public security of water, the first world common good for life.
