Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Panama Papers’ Armenia Disclosures Could Help the Country Address Graft
Panama Papers disclosures have put Mihran Poghosyan, head of Armenia’s Compulsory Enforcement Service, and two of his uncles on the hot seat. (CC BY-SA 4.0 / Mamuli Qartughar) Compared with the tidal waves of fury that the Panama Papers have generated in some countries, the revelations about Armenia have produced barely a ripple. The...
What Is the Connection Between the “Labor Bill,” Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict ?
In Marseille, the second largest city of France, on April 5, 2016 took place another rally against the bill which aims at reforming French Labour Law. Over a thousand people march between the Canebière and Préfecture. Then one group walks up rue Paradis and stops in front of the Israeli Consulate general in Marseille and some demonstrators shout:...
Panama Raids Offices Of Law Firm At Center Of ‘Panama Papers’ Leak
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement.The Panama-based law firm is at the center of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders...
Italy’s Reformist Prime Minister Is the Type of Leader Europe Needs
At a time when the European project is at a standstill due to successive crises that have triggered nationalist pushes throughout the European Union, political ideologues and forecasters struggle to predict what awaits, or give a clear path that would enable Europeans to feel inclined to take the experiment further. One element they seem to agree...
Why A Genuine Normalization of Relations Between America and Cuba Is an Uphill Struggle
On March 21, 2016, US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s leader Raul Castro held a historic joint news conference. Obama’s visit to Havana, the first made by an American president since Calvin Coolidge’s trip in 1928, was regarded as a seminal event in the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the Cold War-era...
U.S. Alliances: Trump Is Not So Stupid
At a recent news conference, President Obama called into question Donald Trump’s fitness for office by criticizing his policy stances on ceding living space to Russia as another great power and pushing wealthy U.S. allies to do more to defend themselves, so the United States wouldn’t need to continue to bear most of that burden....
Donald Trump Challenges Washington’s Bipartisan War Lobby: Developing a Foreign Policy for America
Donald Trump has become this season’s campaign phenomenon. He’s broken all the rules. Yet he could become the Republican presidential nominee and maybe even president. GOP elites are in a frenzy. The Neoconservatives and ultra-hawks who have dominated Republican foreign policy for more than a decade are considering political treason....
Donald Trump Challenges Washington’s BipartisanWar Lobby: Developing A Foreign Policy For America
Donald Trump has become this season’s campaign phenomenon. He’s broken all the rules. Yet he could become the Republican presidential nominee and maybe even president. GOP elites are in a frenzy. The Neoconservatives and ultra-hawks who have dominated Republican foreign policy for more than a decade are considering political treason....
John Kerry Makes Historic Visit To Hiroshima Memorial
HIROSHIMA, Japan, April 11 (Reuters) – John Kerry on Monday became the first U.S. secretary of state to pay his respects at Hiroshima’s memorial to victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack, raising speculation that U.S. President Barack Obama might make his own visit in May.Following the visit by Kerry and his counterparts from the...
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yatseniuk Resigns
KIEV, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday and signaled support for parliamentary speaker and presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman to take over his post.Yatseniuk has resisted pressure to resign since surviving a no-confidence motion against his government...
