Opinion, John Stoehr* – Newsweek All of a sudden, there are numerous comparisons of President Donald Trump to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. This isn’t new, but the frequency and intensity are. I wonder if we are approaching an inflection point beyond which we won’t be arguing…
Larry Elliott* – The Guardian Western bank loans for projects in Africa were to be paid off via rising commodity prices. At least that was the theory … Global interest rates are rising. Poor countries are finding it tough to pay back money borrowed from banks in anticipation of…
Editorial – The Guardian Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to repatriate the 650,000 refugees who have fled violence in Rakhine state within two years. Many are concerned – and rightly so The 650,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled what the UN human rights chief has…
Opinion of John McCain* – The Washington Post After leaving office, President Ronald Reagan created the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award to recognize individuals who have fought to spread liberty worldwide. Nancy Reagan continued the tradition after her husband’s death, and in 2008…
Blow – The New York Times I find nothing more useless than debating the existence of racism, particularly when you are surrounded by evidence of its existence. It feels to me like a way to keep you fighting against the water until you drown. The debates themselves, I believe…
By Hazel Henderson* Most bankers, economists and investors after a couple of drinks, will admit that money is not wealth. Money is a metric, like inches and centimeters, for tracking real wealth: human ingenuity and technological…
BY MOHAMMED ADEMO, JEFFREY SMITH (*) – Foreign Policy Tepid reforms and halfhearted concessions won’t save the country’s authoritarian government from its existential crisis For a brief moment last week, Ethiopia seemed poised to shed its reputation as Africa’s Stasi state. At…
Burrowes* A long-standing French protectorate briefly occupied by Japan during World War II, Cambodia became independent in 1953 as the French finally withdrew from Indochina. Under the leadership of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia remained officially neutral, including during…
Cas Mudde* – The Guardian Oprah Winfrey isn’t the first celebrity to be floated as a presidential candidate. And she won’t be the last When Oprah Winfrey gave a blistering speech of women’s empowerment at the Golden Globes, pundits went into overdrive speculating that she might…
Ronald Brownstein * – The Atlantic According to previously unpublished findings, the blue-collar whites at the core of his coalition have lost faith over his first year in office. A massive new source of public-opinion research offers fresh insights into the fault lines emerging…
