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Oct 10, 2016

Venezuela´s Road to Anarchy

Venezuela – If we compare South America to the Middle East, Africa, or South East Asia, the region seems idyllic. There have not been any major international conflicts in decades, and most…
Jul 26, 2016

Australia: “One of the Darkest Moments in Recent History”

AUSTRALIA – “The image you have just seen isn’t from Guantanamo bay or Abu Ghraib, but Australia in 2015. A boy, hooded, shackled, strapped to a chair and left alone.…
Jul 3, 2016

A Different Dhaka: “There are no terrorists in Bangladesh”

“There are no terrorists in Bangladesh” This was the line spun by Bangladeshi PM Shaikh Hasina until last night when finally we saw the planned, heavily armed assault that we’d all…
Nov 15, 2015

In the wake of Paris bombings, shelling in the Donbas resumes

This week the world mourns the victims of the IS (“Islamic State”) attacks on Paris. Meanwhile, seemingly as proof of the degree to which Ukraine is peripheral to global public…

Australia: “One of the Darkest Moments in Recent History”