Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Yves here. To add to the points made in this post: The naive economic view that “more open trade is every and always better” is unsound.
By Baher Kamal – Wall Street International At risk, over 20,000 species of bees in charge of pollination The title is that of the song To bee or not to bee, which was composed by the Greek band “Locomondo” to support Greenpeace’s campaign Global Day of Action – Save the Bees! In…
By Roberto Savio* ROME, Jan 2018 – This year, we will have 3 million tourists each day wandering the world. This massive phenomenon is without precedent in human history and is happening (as usual), with only one consideration in mind: money.
By Slawomir Sierakowski* – Foreign Policy If the EU really wants to punish Poland, it should turn up the pressure on Hungary. Kaczynski has long promised the advent of “Budapest in Warsaw,” an allusion to Orban’s model of “illiberal democracy” that the Hungarian leader…
By George Friedman – Geopolitical Futures. The U.S.-Pakistan alliance is over.
Scarce impact of Wolf’s book among Republicans By DAVID P. GOLDMAN*- Asia Times Hatchet job should be seen for what it was from its inception: an attempt to show Trump couldn’t win office and that, if he did, it could only have been due to some awful accident I read as much of…
By Robert Fisk* – The Independent Isn’t the man in charge of the CIA’s Iran operations taking a serious interest in the latest events in Iran? That’s his job, isn’t it?
Contreras* – The Manila Times, Philippines Too much of anything can be harmful, and something good that happens too soon may be short-lived. There is a term for this. It is called hubris.
By John Nichols* – The Nation It is absurd for the president to claim: “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency.” President Trump wants Americans to believe that “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency.” That is a lie. Trump’s rapidly…
By Xander Snyder* – Geopolitical Futures President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to move Turkey’s military procurement process under his direct authority – mandated in an emergency decree passed on Dec. 24 – indicates two things. First, that he knows that for Turkey to rise…
