The Transformation of America into a “de facto” Apartheid State
The difference between “de jure” and “de facto” legislation is not one of semantics – if a law is discriminatory on its face, it...
China’s Crimea
The recent ruling by the international tribunal in the Hague on the deliberations between the Philippines and China over territory in the South China...
Gong or Song from China’s Hong Kong?
Following the recent abduction of five Hong Kong publishers, alleged to have edited books disclosing “inconvenient truths” about the Chinese government, thousands of people...
The Closing of the American Mind
In 1987, Dr. Bloom wrote a scathing critique of how society has failed democracy in the perennial book, The Closing of the American Mind....
Russia’s double standard vis-à-vis Israel
Since July 25 last, Assad’s Syrian Arab Army has hammered the Israeli front of the Golan Heights with its artillery, often logistically supported by...
Big guns at the Democratic Convention … and a Bombshell
It was the lull between conventions and then a bomb was dropped by Wikileaks. Who would have known the first day of the Democratic...
For Veolia, Flint is just the tip of the iceberg
French multinational Veolia, the largest private water corporation in the world, is going through a rough patch as the world is wising up to...
Modern Migration as a Challenge to European Identity
Simultaneously an issue about European identity has aroused along with European Union formation. It is said in the preamble "European Identity Declaration" 1973 that...
Changing Asia: cultures, religions and globalization
In 1909, at the beginning of what was to be defined as “the short century”, the Italian Futurists said "We stand on the far...
Assessing Russia’s Relationship With Africa
Over the past two decades, Russia's efforts to regain its Soviet-era influence in Africa have achieved little success because "times have changed significantly, for...