Claudia Sheinbaum’s epic electoral victory would not have been possible without AMLO’s enduring — indeed, ripening — popularity. The question is: what will she do with her newfound power after the hand over on Oct. 1?More
From Debunking to “Pre-bunking”: EU Opens Up Another New Front in Its War on Information
“If you think of information as a virus, instead of treating an infection once it has taken hold — that is, debunking — it is much better to vaccinate so that the body is inoculated.” Welcome to pre-bunking.More
Are European Politicians Beginning to Worry About Their Own Possible Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
“If you are encouraging a party to undertake a war crime you become complicit in that crime itself.”More
SouthCom Commander Laura Richardson Just Described “Plan Colombia” as a Success, a Model for the Region
Even the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has admitted that Plan Colombia was a resounding failure from a counter-narcotics perspective while providing short-term benefits from a counter-insurgency perspective. More
Why Is It Taking So Painfully Long for Spain, Ireland and Other EU Countries to Recognise Palestinian Statehood?
“We have found ourselves in a situation where we feel the need to move forward unilaterally because the European response has been so weak.”More
EU Commission Plans to Strip Funding From Public Prosecutors Investigating Ursula von der Leyen’s Pfizergate Scandal
Surely just a coincidence!More
Why Are Argentina’s Highest-Denomination Currency Bills Being Printed By a State-Owned Company in China?
Javier Milei on the campaign trail, eight months ago: “Not only am I not going to do business with China, I am not going to do business with any communist.”More
World’s Oldest Central Bank Keeps Sounding Alarm on Fragility of Cashless Economies. Are Other Central Banks Listening?
At a time when the dominant narrative around cash is that its demise is all but inevitable, as well as broadly desirable, the 2024 payment report by Sweden’s Riksbank may offer a cautionary tale. More
In BBC Interview, Javier Milei Shows His True Colours on Falklands Issue While Praising His “Idol”, Margaret Thatcher, to the Skies
In a sharp departure from established practice, Milei admits that the Falkland Islands, or Malvinas, are, to all intents and purposes, British. And he is no rush to change that.More
Tony Blair and His Associates Are Waiting in the Wings to Take Back Power in UK
Blair is closer than ever to regaining political power, albeit through a proxy Labour government led by Keir Starmer. The beauty (for Blair) is that he will be able to continue expanding his global political consulting empire at the same time.More
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