Category Archives: Accountability?

U. S. & China are new Competitors in an old, obscure, but important island dispute

A tug of war between China and America in the Indian Ocean Saltwire: Atlantic Canada News Service — Sept. 6, 2023 Most of the international community regards the Chagos Islands as belonging to Mauritius, from which they were detached in 1965. Henry Srebrnik, a professor of political science at the University of Prince Edward Island, … Continue reading U. S. & China are new Competitors in an old, obscure, but important island dispute →

Speaking of Coups, Two Reports, Bloomberg on central Africa, and Dyer on the U.S.

#1 – Bloomberg: Out of Africa, a New World War By supporting the coup in Niger, Russia proves again that it sees its struggle against the West as a global war, just not a declared one yet. By Andreas Kluth — August 8, 2023 Bloomberg Opinion-You can think of the unfolding disaster in Niger in … Continue reading Speaking of Coups, Two Reports, Bloomberg on central Africa, and Dyer on the U.S. →

World Bank Supports Uganda LGBT Rights: Dictator Miffed

Two reports: AP News: Uganda’s leader slams World Bank for holding up new loans after his country enacted an anti-gay law BY RODNEY MUHUMUZ August 17, 2023 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president on Thursday slammed the World Bank, calling the global lender “insufferable” for holding up new loans after the East African country enacted … Continue reading World Bank Supports Uganda LGBT Rights: Dictator Miffed →

A Limerick for This Week

Gwynne Dyer: The End of Israeli Democracy?

[NOTE: Gwynne Dyer make an important, and unnerving point in the column below: the changes in Israel’s judicial structure & policy voted in the Israeli Knesset last week were supported by a rightwing coalition that does numerically represent the current majority of the Israeli voting public. Public opinion in Israel was once much more supportive … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: The End of Israeli Democracy? →