Russia and the Future of Europe

Posted by John on Aug 27, 2019 in Articles, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe |
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0 comments Europe is gearing up for much-anticipated elections this week to the European parliament. Austria, however, now has to deal with a very unexpected snap election — thanks to a drunk politician, a Russian honeypot, and a leaked video. This scandal currently rocking Austria may ultimately play a decisive role in the European elections as well. Heinz-Christian Strache was once the ambitious,...
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What Trump Means by the Deep State

Posted by John on Jan 2, 2019 in Articles, Featured, US Foreign Policy |
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0 comments Donald Trump has many enemies. And he has long had an enemies list: all the people that he has attacked repeatedly in person, in print, and on Twitter. But now Trump, as president, has drawn up a formal enemies list. At the top is John Brennan, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency who just had his security clearance revoked. The president has assembled a list of other top former...
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Germany and the Rise of a “Fascist International”

Posted by John on Nov 11, 2017 in Articles, Eastern Europe, Europe, Featured |
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0 comments Germany got its very own electoral shock this week when the far right won 13 percent of the vote in country’s parliamentary elections. For the first time in more than half a century, the far right will be represented in the German parliament, with more than 90 seats. Although it’s now Germany’s third most popular party — behind the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SDP)...
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The New Middle Passage

Posted by John on Sep 3, 2015 in Articles, Blog, Eastern Europe, Europe, Featured |
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0 comments Peter, a Sierra Leone migrant living in Hungary, is one of the lucky ones. He has a job. He has a supportive community of friends. After seven years in the country, the Hungarian government approved his application for asylum. He started a very successful NGO devoted to helping other migrants make a new life in Hungary. I interviewed Peter in Budapest two years ago. It was not exactly the best of...
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Greece and the Unlearned Lesson of 1990

Posted by John on Feb 5, 2015 in Articles, Europe, Featured |
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0 comments Greek voters have decisively repudiated the economics of austerity by handing an overwhelming victory to the left-wing party Syriza in their recent parliamentary elections. This was not a big surprise. Greece has been suffering from high levels of unemployment, including a rate higher than 50 percent for young people. The standard of living for much of the population has dropped precipitously...
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