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During a recent news conference, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was confronted with a plea for establishing a ‘no-fly zone’ This suggestion was quickly dissected...

An apology – with a ghastly diet of death, destruction and depravity currently raging around us, it may seem callous to examine the economic...

War is a tragedy, a crime, and a defeat. Citizens of the world should condemn the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin to abandon...

It turned out worse than most Western politicians and military experts had expected. In the morning hours of February 24, the Armed Forces of...

lIt's always something of a double-edged sword to trot out an 'I-told-you-so' when something catastrophic happens, but with ongoing events in Ukraine proving to...

As the international community anxiously observes the situation near the Russo-Ukrainian border, another development has been afoot. Russia and Belarus are slowly morphing into...

For the governments of Hungary and Poland, it was a slap in the face. On February 16, the European Court of Justice rejected the...

Today we face an avoidable crisis that was predictable, actually predicted, willfully precipitated, but easily resolved by the application of common sense.We are being...

There isn't a lot that makes me proud to be British these days. Neither the country nor its people are what they once were;...

If the rumors and press leaks are to be believed, the European Commission’s long-awaited proposal on Corporate Sustainable Governance is once again delayed. First...

Agricultural workers in the United States currently use more than 400 different pesticides on their crops to ensure “higher yields and improved product quality.” These pesticides,...

In their zeal to curb big tech through the Digital Markets Act, the European legislators are risking the privacy and security of all Europeans....

The American entrepreneur Jim Rohn once said that it is important to count the cost first before doing anything. This watchword has not been...

In the past the long-term export of petroleum products allowed Libyans to maintain a high standard of living for several decades, outpacing most African...

As Secretary-General of the United Nations, I spend much of my time speaking with world leaders and taking the pulse of global trends.  It’s...

The Russian-led military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), created headlines in January 2022 after 2,500 of its troops entered Kazakhstan to assist in restoring...

If you personify countries by combining their politics with their national identity, it's amazing how representative the characters are. For example, the UK is...

The calling for a special meeting of the Security Council at the UN this past week was a long-overdue diplomatic initiative or even diplomatic...

Anti-French sentiment has been growing relentlessly throughout Francophone Africa where governments have struggled to contain mounting internal security problems from jihadi insurgents. France has...

As tensions on the Ukrainian border have reached a fever pitch over the last several weeks, the overwhelming majority of NATO and the members...

Cast an eye around the globe and you will see that we are at a crossroads in the containment of urban warfare.  From the rubbled...

The above is without question a provocative headline. The main question, however, is 'why draw such a negative conclusion from the current geopolitical confrontation...

The military takeover in Burkina Faso on January 24 is the fourth coup in West Africa in the last 17 months. The removal of...

The world is at a crossroads. Economies are struggling to recover from the pandemic. Inflation is spiralling. Russia is amassing troops on the Ukrainian...

Despite the pro-climate rhetoric of the insurance industry—and warnings by the world’s climate scientists calling for an end to fossil fuel exploration—leading global insurers...

The current crisis of spiraling gas prices in Europe, coupled with a cold snap in the region, highlights the fact that the transition to green energy in any...

Vladimir Putin has already lost Ukraine.The failed totalitarian experiment of Soviet Communism has ceased to exist. Yet Ukraine continues to be subjected to a...

Few of us will mourn the passing of 2021. However, as the New Year party balloons lie flaccid on the floor, there seems little...

The 21st century has seen the forging of “cooperative” relations between China and Russia, with the benefits of this new partnership outweighing the historical differences between...

On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for...

When author and historian James Truslow Adams introduced “the American dream” into common parlance in his 1931 book The Epic of America, he wasn’t suggesting that fulfilling...

Karl Habsburg, the media entrepreneur and Chairman of the Austrian section of the Pan-European Union spoke to New Europe about the EU's deficits, the...

For over a decade, increasing international attention has been focused on China’s treatment of Xinjiang’s Uyghur population. While Beijing is wary of all forms...

Images of violence in and around the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) of Albania were to be seen on January 8 and...

For advocates of cryptocurrency, the promise of an economic future that is managed by a blockchain (a decentralized database that is shared among the...

Europe is still roiling under the impact of high energy prices that do not seem to be going away any time soon. Dutch hub...

It's always put my back up how conservative commentators have recently taken to comparing the current state of affairs in the West to the...

The introduction of the taxonomy is a great success for us Greens, future-oriented companies and civil society forces working on it for years. But...

We are taught never to give up. Persevering through adversity is a lifelong maxim, where staying the difficult course in the short-term will eventually...

Nuclear power offers the world an abundant future if it is embraced, said speakers at an event jointly organised by the New Nuclear Watch...

Politically the year to come in a few days could be characterized one day as the end of the Anthropocene, the era  where the...

Although it is stating the obvious, Russia has been at war with Ukraine since 2014.The recent video summit between president Biden and Putin as...

Turkey was once seen as something of an economic miracle at the dawn of the millennium. Millions of Turks were lifted into the middle...

On December 11, Sali Berisha, a two-term Prime Minister and President of Albania, was addressing some ten thousand jubilant Democratic Party congress participants in...

There are a few reoccurring issues that come up around the EU water cooler and that is the idea of a European Defense Force,...

With both South Korea and the United States focused on domestic matters – 2022 presidential race and 2022 midterm elections respectively, it will be...

On December 13, 1981, martial law was imposed in Poland and the first independent trade union in Communist Eastern Europe, Solidarity (Solidarnosc), with over...

If anything, Washington’s neoconservatives have an unerring instinct for survival. Having brought about multiple disasters in the two decades since 9/11—from the Iraq War...

The paradox of combating climate change is that the extent of the emergency extends far beyond the actions taken by individuals to mitigate the...

China’s recent aerial incursion in Taiwan air defense zone and President Xi Jinping’s confrontational remarks re-prompted a debate on whether or not Beijing is...