UN Day: strengthening and reforming
24 October is UN Day, marking the day when there were enough ratifications including those of the five permanent members of the proposed Security Council... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #9: what’s wrong with lockdown measures
This is the ninth in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #8: the relentless contraction of the economy
This is the eighth in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
Kuwaiti Royal Family Succession: A Primer
Though Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah was inaugurated as successor to the respected Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah, he is unlikely to hold the position and/or the... Read More
Everything comes to an end: how the DPS lost power in Montenegro
There was no one single factor that brought the DPS down. As with most tectonic social and political changes, the reality is more complex and... Read More
Rule by decree of a ‘Lord Protector’: lessons from history
How bad can any pandemic be, that it causes our government to revert to Cromwellian-era distortions and disturbances of our natural liberties of there proud isles?... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #7: Universal Basic Income
This is the seventh in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
Kosovo needs an election
Hashim Thaci’s indictment blows apart the politically-motivated diplomacy of the last few months. By David B. Kanin The fix was in. Thaci and Isa... Read More
It’s time to tame Erdogan
During his nearly 20 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has violated human rights in his own country of Turkey and destabilized and exploited others... Read More
The last chance for a viable two-state solution
The confluence of regional and international events offers the last chance for a viable two-state solution. Time favors neither side. The Palestinians must not miss... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #6: the Revolution in Agriculture
This is the sixth in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
No place for soldiers: the militarisation of Sri Lanka’s schools
The Sri Lanka Campaign is pleased to announce a new report, ‘No Place for Soldiers’, examining the role of the Sri Lankan army in civilian... Read More
US measures weaken the slow but sure growth of world law
President Donald Trump’s executive order of 11 June 2020 proposing sanctions against staff and family members of the International Criminal Court weakens the slow but... Read More
Pathology or opportunity?
The Bosnian Serb Commission on Srebrenica may well produce the usual ethnic-driven propaganda. It does not have to. By David B. Kanin An announcement... Read More
The pandemic underlines America’s ingrained racism
I wish to see tens of millions of Americans demonstrate peacefully day in and day out and send a clear message to this corrupt Trump... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #5: International Healthcare Co-operation
This is the fifth in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
A portrait of a ruthless dictator
Erdogan, to be sure, has shown the capacity and the will to do whatever it takes, regardless of how immoral it might be, to realize... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #4: Crime, War and Terror
This is the fourth in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
Israel and Palestinians: architects of their own destruction
If Israel proceeds with its plans of annexation and the Palestinians continue to hold onto their dead-end position, the result is all but certain. Continuing... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #3: the Growth of Government
This is the third in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #2: Hospitality and Real Estate
This is the second in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
Society after Coronavirus essay #1: Transport
This is the first in a series of essays exploring the economic, social and cultural effects upon the daily lives of persons living in the... Read More
Pandemic and patronage
Our social retreat enables trust-based networks while further weakening faltering political institutions in the Balkans and elsewhere.
Trump is the antithesis of American greatness
In at least 10 areas, Trump has inflicted a severe injury on the American public, on the country as a whole, and on America’s reputation... Read More
Humanity – language, conflict, and violence – part three
If something repeatable within a human relationship precedes the outbreak of violence, what is it exactly? Viewed with a cold eye, the violence creating conditions... Read More
