Democracy

What’s wrong with American democracy? Two books that recently appeared, Power Politics: Trump and the Assault on American Democracy by Darrell M. West, and Divided We Fall by David A. French, are trying to cut through the fog of mutual...

As the Meloni government is announced, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron both expressed warm support, saying that they were ready to work with a new Italian government headed by Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Giorgia Meloni...

Politics today is no longer what in simpler times was optimistically known as the art of the possible. “Art of the impossible”as a definition would be far more appropriate. Consider  the unenviable plight of President Biden who is increasingly challenged...

A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN human rights office, which noted on Friday that arbitrary arrests and a campaign of social media vilification are having “a seriously chilling effect on human...

Once again Libya is split in two. There are two rival leaders and the scepter of power is being disputed between the eastern and western regions of the country. The nation that has been in the midst of political chaos...

Peace and Security The UN Mission in Colombia was the target of an attack on Thursday, when three vehicles that were part of a joint expedition travelling through a remote area, were approached by armed individuals, although nobody was ultimately injured during...

President Joe Biden decided it was time to clear the air and call out those responsible for having violated the US Capitol and American democracy. The person named—finally, one might say--is former President Donald Trump....Yet of course the anger and...

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, from the US Mission to the United Nations, announced the consensus adoption of a UN resolution referencing sexual orientation and gender identity yesterday, Thursday 16th of December. The United States is proud to celebrate the first time...