Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
American Democracy’s Downside Parallels China’s ‘Bad Emperor’ Problem
Donald Trump, a xenophobe and liar with no governing experience, could become the leader of the world’s most powerful nation after next week’s American election. That prospect scares the living daylights out of people around the planet, as these comments from HuffPost’s international editions indicate. That the vile campaign...
Why Are U.S. Nuclear Missiles Still On High-Alert?
Both former Secretary of Defense William Perry and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski have spoken about middle of the night phone calls they received in response to purported incoming nuclear strikes. Though the alerts were quickly determined to be false alarms, what if they had happened during a time of crisis, like the Cuban...
Why Russia Is Interfering In The U.S. Presidential Elections
On October 7, 2016, the United States government accused Russia of illegally attempting to influence the results of the US presidential election. The Obama administration’s condemnation of Russia’s interference in the US electoral process followed widespread speculation about Russian collusion with WikiLeaks and allegations of Kremlin...
The Frightening Failure Of U.S. Television Media
Truth is often to be found in contrasts. I was fortunate enough to attend the Democratic convention in Philadelphia in July. Aside from all the normal bunting and hoopla, the event was genuinely interesting: well-organised and informative. There was plenty of opportunity for a wide range of speakers to contribute. Some of the speeches were...
The UN’s Dangerous Infirmity
With the election of a new UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, a fresh administration will shortly be taking power at Turtle Bay — only to face a familiar problem which the global organization has never resolved, even after the Cold War: namely, how to stop the unlawful infringements on the UN Charter by the three most powerful...
Russian Soldiers Are Secretly Dying In Syria
TOGLIATTI, RUSSIA ― The start of this year proved deadly for one unit of about 100 Russian fighters supporting President Bashar al-Assad’s troops in northern Syria.On Feb. 3, 38-year-old Maxim Kolganov was killed in a firefight with rebels near Aleppo when a bullet pierced his body armor and heart. Then, on March 9, the same unit came under...
These Soldiers On Ukraine’s Front Lines Are Starting To Doubt The War’s Value
MARINKA, Ukraine ― A long and jarring mud road, riddled with shell craters, winds from the edge of Marinka to shrapnel-riddled low-rise apartment blocks that now demarcate the end of Ukrainian government-held territory. Four hundred meters away, across a heavily mined field of rough grass, shrubs and tall trees sit the Russian-backed separatists....
Russia Is Not as Much of a Threat as Depicted in the Media, But Does Need a Slap in the Face
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, couldn’t catch a break in America, even before the U.S. intelligence community concluded that the Russian government had hacked the Democratic National Committee’s e-mails and had given them to Wikileaks for public release. After Putin’s annexation of Crimea and meddling in the Ukrainian...
The Necessary Pain Of Remembrance
Photo by Andrey Skakodub Here in Kyiv, we remembered the victims of massacre on September 29th — the tens of thousands of peaceful residents whom the Nazis slaughtered on ethnic grounds. It is difficult to understand the magnitude of the crime, for which there can be no excuse, no explanation. Over a period of two days, September 29th-30th,...
Here’s The Latest Big News On Russia And The U.S. Election
A whirlwind of news on Monday strongly suggests that Donald Trump has deep ties to Russia. Or that there’s no evidence of a link between the GOP nominee and the Russian government. The contradictory reports do make clear that Justice Department officials have been investigating Trump and his associates to see whether they have ties to...
