Politics

My Substack Corner: When Solid Values Driven Alliances are replaced with Loose Transactional Alliances the West No longer has an Edge/Power to Compete

When Solid Values Driven Alliances are replaced with Loose Transactional Alliances the West No longer has an Edge/Power to Compete – It’s Ability to Influence is Impaired by Fidelito The focus on building the Great Wall of Europe is part of the problem NOT the solution Read on Substack

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The Age of Human Displacement

Whether we’re talking regional conflicts or climate change one can anticipate that we are heading for decades of mass human displacement due to economic devastations from these factors not to mention the human cost alone. It is kind of strange that when we read about UN COP conferences or others […]

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Trump Election 2024 – The Day After (I actually really like the “Day Before”…can we have more of that please…?)

Well first term that comes to mind in “Analysis Paralysis”. I am sure many will get onto SM and make assessments sophisticated and simplistic ones on this big event today, so here’s my contribution to the simplistic/laymen versions of such assessments; Kamala Harris dropped into the presidential ring without any […]

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Contextualising the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict, then asking a simple question; What Cost & Who Pays?

  A brilliant presentation as usual by Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory, in contextualising what is currently happening in GAZA and the occupied territories as part of the continued Israeli/Palestinian conflict in general. Some key points mentioned; Political […]

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