Germany has come under increasing pressure to pull the plug on its controversial giant gas pipeline project with Russia, following the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Experts say Berlin is unlikely to do so for now, however, given the Nord Stream 2 project is over 94% completed after almost a decade’s construction, […] Read more
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden met for 90 minutes Thursday with the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man whose shooting by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. has sparked protests, some of which turned violent. The meeting took place near the Milwaukee airport, where Biden stopped on his way to a community meeting in Kenosha. Blake […] Read more
The word “savior” is usually associated with religious devotion. However, it is also defined as “a person who saves someone or something, especially a country or cause, from danger.” The latter definition is especially relevant in this time of virtually unprecedented and extraordinary national division and chaos. The person most qualified by the Constitution to […] Read more
The careers of two of America’s greatest presidents, Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump, have more meaningful parallels than any other American presidents. The primary historical/political cord that binds them together is the word “establishment.” In the political history of the United States, the word “establishment” has never been so dominant or so consequential to the […] Read more
It was a very grand setting for what turned out to be a very common speech. President Donald Trump formally accepted his party’s nomination for president Thursday night on the South Lawn of the White House, flanked by dozens of American flags and cheered by more than a thousand invited guests. Trump emerged from the South […] Read more
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Belarus’ capital city of Minsk over the weekend, demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko following his contested re-election earlier this month. Demonstrators marched toward Lukashenko’s residence at the Independence Square on Sunday, brandishing red and white flags to symbolize their opposition to the president and chanting for […] Read more
When Donald and Melania Trump descended the escalator at Trump Tower to announce his presidential candidacy, they were met with unparalleled derision from all sides. Most importantly, he was derided by the so-called “political establishment,” inasmuch as virtually all major presidential candidates had arisen from the then existing political establishment. The United States had endured […] Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are “as stark as black and white” when it comes to the maximum pressure campaign on Iran, according to one analyst. Trump wants more pressure, while Biden would want more engagement, said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). “There’s this long-standing […] Read more
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has rejected calls to quit following his contested re-election, warning that the former Soviet republic would “perish as a state” if it was forced to repeat the vote. Opposition protesters took to the streets for the eighth consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, demanding the departure of the country’s embattled authoritarian […] Read more
European leaders are meeting for a fourth consecutive day on Monday to continue tense negotiations over a 750-billion-euro ($858 billion conversion) recovery fund. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, suggested in May tapping the markets to mitigate the economic shock from the coronavirus. However, European capitals have not agreed on how to divide […] Read more
