Failure is meant to an orphan, but the debacle in Afghanistan is prompting an unedifying string of paternity suits. That the Afghanistan mission did fail…
Failure is meant to an orphan, but the debacle in Afghanistan is prompting an unedifying string of paternity suits. That the Afghanistan mission did fail…
On Sunday, August 8, the Afghan Taliban captured three provincial capitals, including Kunduz, the major city in northern Afghanistan, located near the border with Tajikistan…
On 9 July, the President of the United States repeated his intention to end the American military engagement in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001,…
Following in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump’s slogan was “Make America great again! ” The motto of the new American president, Joe Biden,…
Fascism (n) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasising an…
Ding, dong, the Trump is gone, and – fingers crossed – without any final horror for us to remember him by. I am nervous about…
A friend raises the question: “Did we overvalue American Democracy”? I’ll try two answers, one theoretical, the other about the possible aftermath of the attack…
January 6 demonstrates how fragile democracy can be and how propaganda and lies can unleash uncontrollable forces. Hopefully all people and especially those in the…
On 15 November, on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, chaired by Vietnam, the world’s largest regional free trade agreement…
In their overwhelming majority, the Germans welcomed the American presidential election of Tuesday, November 3, which has removed Donald Trump from power, if not influence…
Short-term, a Biden win — as now looks incredibly likely — is still a good result for the Democrats, of course. They’ve kept control of the House of Representatives,…