Nearly 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco during the dramatic mass movement on 30 and 31 July. Spanish authorities deployed police and military forces after border guards were overwhelmed, while dozens…
Has the Fear of Losing the Oil Fund…
Norway is under pressure. Not necessarily through an ultimatum on paper from Washington or Brussels, but through an economic reality we have created ourselves. We have built up a national fortune of more than 22,000…
The UN Cries Out for Peace While the…
What is unfolding at the UN General Assembly in New York this week should worry the whole world. The organisation created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war is desperately trying to find…
Latin America Must Refuse to Kneel to Washington
The United States is once again behaving as if Latin America were American property. The Monroe Doctrine has been dusted off, polished up and turned into practical great-power politics. Donald Trump speaks openly about American…
Brussels Lectures Russia on Democracy — But Who…
Once again the EU has placed itself in the judge's seat over democracy in Europe. After the elections to the Russian State Duma on 18–20 September, Brussels was quick to deliver its political verdict. The…
Europe Is Preparing Hospital Beds for War —…
I have served as a medic and am a UN veteran from Lebanon. I have seen what war does to people. That is why I feel a growing unease when I see how Europe is…
The Sanctions That Could Destroy Europe’s Future
Europe is in the process of inflicting damage on itself that could last for generations. The worst of it is that this is not happening because we lack knowledge, resources or alternatives. It is happening…
On My Seventieth Birthday I Ask: Who the…
On my seventieth birthday I feel less need for polite circumlocutions and a greater need to say things as they are. I have lived long enough to see how war, power and propaganda work. I…
25 Years of War After 9/11
Twenty-five years have passed since 11 September 2001. Almost 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks on the United States. It was a horrific crime that changed the world. But a quarter of a…