New U.S. sanctions on Russia might look like just another diplomatic move following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. But they could have dire consequences. Part of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Russia, 28 July 2017. (EPA/Sergei Chirikov) The U.S. Congress has...
President Emmanuel Macron wants to restore France’s grandeur. But will the gestures of his first two months in power lead to concrete results? French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Arc de Triomphe, 3 June 2017. (EPA/...
Suffocating bureaucracy, mountainous debt and political instability keep Italy stuck in the past, with little hope for innovative reforms. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in front of a photo of another former premier, Matteo Renzi, Rome, 21 June 2017....
I urged British voters to stay away from the polls this month. Why? Because the state lacks moral legitimacy. I do not preach violence but urge abstention. Earlier this month, on the day British voters went to the polls for a snap parliamentary election, one of our...
Vote! That’s what students in Britain are being told on election day. But here’s an alternative view: Abstain and withhold your approval of a flawed system. British voters go to the polls today in a snap election that Conservative Prime Minister Theresa...