Tag: Germany
Historic Government Crisis in Germany
Posted by Jakob Reimann | Dec 1, 2017 | Europe, News & Analysis | 0 |
The Lies About World War II
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 15, 2019 | Europe, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Nothing is so little regarded in the West as free thought and truth. Explanations are controlled to advance the agendas of the ruling interest groups.
The Lies That Form Our Consciousness and False Historical Awareness
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 10, 2019 | Europe, Politics, US, Viewpoints
What living and learning has taught me is that history tends to always be falsified, and historians who insist on the truth suffer for it.
No One Trusts the US Government, Not Even the American People
by Paul Craig Roberts | Feb 25, 2019 | Europe, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The world is awakening to the realization that the United States is not a democracy, but an oligarchy ruled by moneyed private interest groups.
Darker Clouds over Europe
by Dan Steinbock | Feb 4, 2019 | Economy, Europe, News & Analysis
Not only is Europe’s expansionary cycle fading, but the region is about to face challenges that it has to tackle amid growing political fragmentation.
Japan’s “Comfort Women”: Asian Protests and Imperial Japan’s Sexual Slavery
by Dan Steinbock | Jan 15, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
If the Abe administration fails to acknowledge the past, it cannot win the future that overshadows over a declining nation.
A Golden (Long-Term) Opportunity
by Dan Steinbock | Jan 7, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
With most physical demand for gold coming from emerging economies that are also fueling global growth prospects, gold is on the right side of the future.
The USMCA and Trump’s Quest for ‘America First’ World Trade
by Dan Steinbock | Oct 25, 2018 | Americas, Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis, US
The era of post-1945 multilateralism is fading. After the revised NAFTA, Trump’s dream is U.S.-dominated world trade and the ‘America First’ Asian Century.
How US Trade War Is Spreading from Goods to Services
by Dan Steinbock | Aug 22, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis, US
As the White House is expanding its tariff wars, collateral damage is about to spread from goods to services – much of it in the U.S.
Europe’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis is about to Worsen
by Ramzy Baroud | Jul 10, 2018 | Africa, Europe, Politics, Viewpoints
As long as Europe continues to approach the refugee crisis without addressing its root causes, the crisis will continue to grow.
The Absence of Diplomacy Is Isolating Washington
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jun 8, 2018 | Economy, Europe, US, Viewpoints
Washington, wallowing in its fabled incompetence, is now worsening all of its empire relationships by threatening its own allies with trade wars.
Trump Is A Disaster
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 12, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Will we see a rebellion of European political figures, essentially Washington’s whores, that will break up the Empire and lead to an independent Europe? Such a development would justify all of Putin’s hesitation to put his foot down.
Historic Government Crisis in Germany
by Jakob Reimann | Dec 1, 2017 | Europe, News & Analysis
Merkel’s future is in peril while the far-right anti-immigrant AfD benefits from the recent breakdown of coalition talks.
European Subservience to Washington: What Can Be Done?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 28, 2017 | Europe, Politics, Viewpoints
Western Europe is captive by Washington and will go to its destruction rather than dissociate from Washington’s foreign policy.
Tyranny at Nuremberg
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 11, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Robert Jackson had a noble goal in prosecuting Nazis at Nuremberg, but sought to achieve it by undermining the very rule of law he hoped to strengthen.
This Is Not Your Grandparents’ Resistance
by David Swanson | Mar 3, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
If we want to resist strategically, if we want to transform positively, we will have to update our toolkit dramatically.
The Profound Disappointment of Angela Merkel
by John Chuckman | Dec 9, 2016 | Europe, Politics, Viewpoints
Obama and his political associate, Hillary Clinton, are total failures as figures of principle and as leaders, and Merkel very much resembles them.
Armageddon Approaches
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jul 29, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Europe, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Americans need to wake up to the dangerous situation that Washington has created, but I doubt they will.
Germany’s Artful Acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide
by Ludér Tavit Sahagian | Jul 8, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Europe, Viewpoints
Despite its constructive elements, the Bundestag resolution is rife with errors and deficiencies.
Use of armed force against refugees deemed justifiable by 29 percent of Germans
by Jakob Reimann | Mar 4, 2016 | Europe, Viewpoints
An alarming number of Germans favor using violence against human beings who are desperately fleeing their countries from war and misery.
The Lure of the Yuan: Europe Kowtows to Chinese Ambition
by Fred Romijn | Feb 5, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis
The takeover of agrochemical giant Sygenta by ChemChina has sparked criticism about handing the rein over to a state-owned company.