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Putin’s Buddy Trump Is About To Get National Security Briefings. Intel Officers Are Worried.
Members of the intelligence community are worried that Donald Trump ― who has deep ties to Russia and is apparently the preferred presidential candidate of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ― could have access to highly classified national security briefings as early as Friday. Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton will begin...
History Tells Us What Will Happen Next With Brexit And Trump
Note: this essay contains a lot of links out, which are underlined. Consider them further reading or me backing up my opinions. It seems we’re entering another of those stupid seasons humans impose on themselves at fairly regular intervals. My background is archaeology, so also history and anthropology. It leads me to look at big historical...
Moldova’s Transnistrian conflict
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Gdańsk – a city of solidarity with immigrants
Gdańsk – a city of solidarity with immigrants “(…) We have a Christian duty to welcome everyone in need who knocks at our door. This basic expression of evangelical love is also the source of inspiration for countless programs of solidarity towards immigrants… However, you don’t need to be a Christian to help. To...
Turkey’s Attempted Coup: The Collapse of the Ideal Islamic Democracy
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled Turkey for more than a decade. He should be enjoying his time of triumph. He towers above the political system, able to create and dismiss governments at will. The mayor turned prime minister turned president created a new, victorious Islamic movement. He eradicated the gaggle of old, squabbling secular parties. He...
The Kremlin Should Form a Commies for Trump Group to Back the Donald Openly
Image: Donald Trump. Stock Photo. Pixabay.com I am one of the many residents of the former Soviet Union who has become upset with Donald Trump’s signals that he would let the Russians stomp on its neighbors if he were U.S. president. One of the most recent signs was Trump’s pronouncement that the U.S. has its own human-rights...
Trump’s Critics Are Attacking His NATO Remarks All Wrong
WASHINGTON ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump set off panic Wednesday night by suggesting he would torpedo America’s commitment to its partners in the strongest mutual defense alliance in the world, NATO.Trump’s comment that he would judge NATO members’ spending on security before helping them face down a potential...
All The Countries In A State Of Emergency This Year In One Map
A devastating disaster—either natural or manmade—can trigger a nationwide state of emergency. And there have been plenty of them this year.In the wake of the attacks in Paris last November, which was Europe’s worst terror attack in 10 years, president François Hollande declared a state of emergency. This gave authorities the power to set...
How Donald Trump is Making Us Insecure
Recent comments by Donald Trump in the New York Times should and will frighten Americans and our allies around the world. In response to questions about the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) the Republican nominee suggested that he would abandon our friends and fail to protect our allies if they didn’t pay a high enough price. “If we...
The Wider Threat That the Police-Station Stand-Off Poses to Armenia’s Regime
YEREVAN, Armenia — Twenty armed men’s seizure of a police station in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan has put President Serzh Sargsyan in a bind. On the one hand, he needs to resolve it as soon as possible to demonstrate to the many Armenians who disagree with the takeover that no one is above the law. On the other hand, he needs to...
