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Can Europe Stop Putin and Trump?

The news of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest surprised me. It’s not that I doubted the former leader of the Philippines was guilty of the horrific crimes detailed in his International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Duterte himself boasted quite openly of the mass killings he’s been accused of. But I always thought that the prospects of… Continue reading Can Europe Stop Putin and Trump?

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The Illusion of Ceasefires

Israel has resumed its aerial bombardment of Gaza. The latest ceasefire, which lasted two months and led to the release of 33 Israeli hostages and 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, never made it out of its first stage. The Israeli government has now adopted a strategy of inflicting overwhelming violence until Hamas capitulates by releasing… Continue reading The Illusion of Ceasefires

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It’s Time: Boycott America

The Trump administration objected so strenuously to a recent speech by South Africa’s ambassador that it expelled him from the United States. What did Ebrahim Rasool say that was so objectionable? Honestly, the speech he made at a webinar sponsored by a South African research institute was rather boring. But embedded in his remarks is… Continue reading It’s Time: Boycott America

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Crypto and the Far Right

Back in 2021, Donald Trump called cryptocurrency “a disaster waiting to happen” and a “scam.” Takes one to know one, right? As he got closer to regaining the White House, however, Trump changed his mind about this “scam,” probably as a result of the millions of dollars that flowed into his campaign coffers from industry… Continue reading Crypto and the Far Right

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The End of U.S. Soft Power?

During the Cold War, the United States waged a war of ideas with the Soviet Union to capture the hearts and minds of the rest of the world. It was in many ways a lop-sided contest, at least in terms of popular appeal. The United States had pop songs, Pop art, Pop-Tarts, not to mention… Continue reading The End of U.S. Soft Power?

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Europe Has to Choose: Maintain an Abusive Relationship or Break with America

Donald Trump has always presented himself as a master builder, a successful real estate developer who erected office buildings and resorts and curated golf courses all around the world. In reality, Trump was never a good businessman, declaring bankruptcy six times over his career and producing a string of failed enterprises from Trump Airlines to… Continue reading Europe Has to Choose: Maintain an Abusive Relationship or Break with America

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The Trump-Musk Cultural Revolution

The aging leader wanted to shake up his country, so he launched a second revolution with the help of a cadre of young people. Drunk with power, the leader targeted his enemies, remade his political party, and turned his own government into a self-destructing circus. Anyone with real expertise was sent far away from the… Continue reading The Trump-Musk Cultural Revolution

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Trump to Gaza: We Will Replace You

“They are coming to replace us.” It sounds like the tagline of a horror movie. And indeed, what the far right whispers into ears, chants at hate-filled rallies, and translates into odious legislation in white-majority countries is very much a horror movie in that it is both scary and untrue. In country after country, the… Continue reading Trump to Gaza: We Will Replace You

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Trump’s Scare Tactics

Going into 2025, the world was already pretty scary. Take your pick: climate change, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence, pandemic, Elon Musk. But in two short weeks, the current occupant of the White House has made life scarier still for specific communities of people. The Trump administration has already taken into custody thousands of undocumented immigrants… Continue reading Trump’s Scare Tactics

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The End of American Democracy?

Donald Trump cares little about democracy, except in the most utilitarian sense. For Trump, democracy is a ladder that he can use to ascend to power. He is not interested in promoting democracy abroad or strengthening democracy at home. He cares only about power: corporate, presidential, national. Before Trump, presidents frequently promoted U.S. democracy overseas,… Continue reading The End of American Democracy?

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The Latest Content

Articles

  • Can Europe Stop Putin and Trump?
  • The Illusion of Ceasefires
  • It’s Time: Boycott America
  • Crypto and the Far Right
  • The End of U.S. Soft Power?
  • Europe Has to Choose: Maintain an Abusive Relationship or Break with America
  • The Trump-Musk Cultural Revolution
  • Trump to Gaza: We Will Replace You
  • Trump’s Scare Tactics
  • The End of American Democracy?
  • America’s Homegrown Superstorm
  • The Global Significance of South Korea’s Leadership Crisis
  • The Transformation of Korean Civil Society
  • Why Liberals Will Give Two Cheers for Trump
  • Assad Gone, Trump Coming: What is Ukraine’s Future
  • Can Recycling Save the Clean Energy Revolution
  • Surviving the New Trump Era
  • Planet of Bullies
  • The Plot Against Democracy
  • The Cruelty of Crowds

Events

  • The Wedding Jester, February 23, 2025
  • Hope I Die Before I Get Old – May 2024
  • Right Across the World: Italy, Sweden, Brazil, November 30, 2022
  • Tyrants on Twitter, September 6, 2022
  • The Future of the Korean Peninsula: Current Conflict, Future Peace, September 12, 2022
  • The Global Far Right’s Assault on Democracy
  • Clowntime

Interviews

Why U.S. Soft Power Is Declining Dramatically, Fair Observer, May 12, 2025

Fossil Fuels and Climate Justice, WHMP, June 5, 2024

Tyrants on Twitter, Cambridge Forum, September 6, 2022

Splinterlands’ Climate Dystopia, Chris Hedges, July 7, 2022

Is Putin Writing the Far Right’s Epitaph, Burt Cohen, March 25, 2022

Ukraine Crisis, Parallax Views, March 9, 2022

National Security or Climate Change Multiplier, Extinction Rebellion Radio, March 8, 2022

How the Left Fights the New Global Right, Van Jackson, January 8, 2022

The International Far Right, Truthout, November 20, 2021

Global Right’s Bizarre Obsession with Pedophilia, Burt Cohen, August 4, 2021

Clowntime, Chris Bangert-Drowns, WPFW, July 19, 2021

COVID-19 and Authoritarianism, Burt Cohen, July 29, 2020

The Feasibility of Detente between the US and DPRK, NKNews, May 19, 2020

The Future of Capitalism after COVID-19, WPKN, May 17, 2020

Coronavirus and the Global Economy, Truthout, April 9, 2020

Pandemic Politics, Foreign Exchanges, March 25, 2020

Globalization and the Pandemic, Parallax Views, March 20, 2020

Highlighted Articles

  • What’s Up with the Herd? FPIF
  • Death and the Economy: A Dialogue, FPIF
  • COVID-19 and the Global Economy, Inference
  • Revisiting the Goldilocks Apocalypse, TomDispatch
  • A Global Green New Deal Could Defeat the Far Right—And Save the Planet, Newsweek
  • The Widening Rift Between the US and China, The Nation
  • Between Rocks and a Hard Place, Foreign Policy
  • Deserts vs. Development in China, Global Post
  • Infantilizing North Korea, Hankyoreh
  • Jeju Island: Paradise with a Dark Side, Washington Post
  • Waiting for the Curtain, Washingtonian
  • My Backlogged Pages, New York Times
  • Starting Where North Korea Is, 38North
  • Will Facebook Remake the World? Harvard International Review
  • Are We All North Koreans Now? TomDispatch
  • Bringing a Living Wage to the Farm, Alternet
  • Writers from the Other Asia, The Nation
  • The Forgotten Lessons of Helsinki, World Policy Journal
  • The Politics of Dog, American Prospect
  • Containment Lite: U.S. Policy toward Russia and Its Neighbors, FPIF
  • The Costs and Dangers of NATO Expansion, FPIF
  • The Selling of the Russian President, 1993, Z Magazine
  • The Age of Diminished Expectations (Review), Commonweal
  • Poland’s Solidarity: Who Is in Charge? Z Magazine
  • Corruptions of Empire (Review), Philadelphia City Paper

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