World Politics

US President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” in the middle of his trade confrontation with Canada has been widely dismissed and mocked as unserious. Nicholas Cull, a historian of propaganda and public diplomacy and Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California, described it as an “act of trolling” intended… Continue reading The Imperial Logic of “Lake America”
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Ceuta, one of two Spanish-administered cities located on the North African coast in Moroccan territory, became the center of an unprecedented migration emergency on July 30. The pressure had already been building: About 1,500 people had reached the city by swimming from Morocco during the previous week, overwhelming reception facilities, especially those for unaccompanied minors.… Continue reading The Africanist Reflex Behind Spain’s Ceuta Crisis
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Okay, here’s what this old man remembers nearly a quarter of a century later: I was living in New York City when, on September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes full of passengers hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, killing almost 3,000 innocent people. Until that moment, such a thing would have been… Continue reading Once Upon a Time: My Tale of How the War on Terror Came Home in the Age of Donald J. Trump
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Last year, Sudan’s army was flying drones with a clear origin. Satellite images caught Mohajer-6 airframes parked on the runway at Wadi Sayyidna — an Iranian-designed platform the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had shot down over Omdurman for the third time. Tehran, seeking a foothold on the Red Sea, had quietly become the… Continue reading As Iran’s War Drains Its Arsenal, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan Rearm Sudan’s Army
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Editor-at-Large Kent Jenkins Jr. speaks with Aron Rimanyi, an associate at Training The Street, about former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat following 16 consecutive years in power. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Respect and Freedom Party (or TISZA) party has secured the parliamentary supermajority once enjoyed by Orbán’s Fidesz party. Jenkins and Rimanyi examine… Continue reading FO Talks: How Viktor Orbán Lost Control of Hungary
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I must admit that if, when I was 16 and John F. Kennedy won the presidency, you had tried to tell me about President Donald Trump (and that he got two terms!), I would have thought it the lamest joke and you the worst joker (or biggest idiot) on the face of this planet. Now,… Continue reading Donald Trump, the End Times President
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A very significant development took place in Turkey recently. A crucial law was passed as part of the process that began a year ago, aiming to dissolve the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), thereby ensuring a political resolution to the Kurdish issue in Turkey. The draft law followed months of work by a commission of lawmakers… Continue reading Turkey’s New Framework Law Targets Peaceful Resolution of the Kurdish Issue
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On February 28, American and Israeli forces began strikes on Tehran that eventually eliminated Iran’s Supreme Leader. Within days, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, and roughly 20 million barrels a day of crude and petroleum liquids, about one-fifth of global consumption, stopped moving through a channel 39 kilometers wide at its narrowest. Iran… Continue reading Closing Hormuz Cost Iran More Than It Bought
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