Don’t Fixate on Donald Trump, Work for Real Change!

It’s been just over a week since Donald Trump was inaugurated President of the United States, and in that time, he has managed to kick over the chessboard of geopolitics. That is good, as far as it goes, in that it opens up new possibilities of bringing about a fundamental change in the world order. But it emphatically does not […]

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Cryptocurrency Fantasy Endangers U.S. Treasury Market

Among the executive orders issued on Jan. 23 by President Trump was one which sets up a task force to work on the creation of a “U.S. strategic reserve of cryptocurrency” and which called for protection of the U.S. dollar “including through actions to promote the development and growth of lawful and legitimate dollar-backed stablecoins worldwide”.The order also barred any […]

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Davos 2025: The Last Stand of the Liberal Globalists

The gathering of the World Economic Forum this year, in Davos, Switzerland, was decidedly different from previous years. The leading topic of the proceedings was, without surprise, the return to the White House of Donald Trump, whose inauguration took place the same day as the opening of the WEF. This was acknowledged by the event’s founder Klaus Schwab in introducing […]

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Germany: from Bad to Worse with Merz as Chancellor?

Despite the huge shifts underway in the world, Germany’s leading politicians have given no sign of considering any changes in their foreign and economic policies. That was on display in remarks made by CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz at the Körber Foundation in Berlin on Jan. 24, where he lashed out at Russia and China for belonging to an “axis […]

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Israel and Palestine Have a Common Interest in Building the Oasis Plan

Phase One of the ceasefire deal reached between Israel and the Hamas continues by and large to hold, but remains fragile, while Israeli operations in the West Bank have increased and significant tensions with Lebanon subsist. Within hours of the ceasefire taking effect on Jan. 19, Israeli military forces began erecting new checkpoints in the West Bank as settlers launched […]

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Trump’s Mass Deportation Policy Creates Hostility among Neighbors — and Won’t Work

President Donald Trump signed 10 Executive Orders related to immigration on inauguration day, setting in motion his promise to expel all undocumented persons residing in the U.S., an estimated 11 million persons of numerous nationalities. The measures were couched as dealing with “an invasion” of “criminals” and “drug gangs” which required, among other measures, deploying the US Northern Command forces […]

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