Tag Archive: Africa/Libya
Why Corporate Power Over American Politics Was Laid Bare After the Capitol Hill Insurrection
Released for Syndication: 01/28/2021
Don’t be fooled that corporations’ motives are moral.
Full Article
Will the Dems Sell Us Out in the Midst of a Pandemic?
Released for Syndication: 12/21/2020
When politicians sell out to win, we all lose.
Full ArticleDonald Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing Out the Promise of Democracy in the Middle East
Released for Syndication: 12/17/2020
Ten years ago, a hawker in Tunisia set himself on fire, which spurred on people along the entire Mediterranean Sea—from Morocco to Spain—to rise...
Full ArticleWhy Biden Will Keep the U.S.-Imposed Cold War Rolling
Released for Syndication: 11/17/2020
Much will certainly change in the world of U.S. foreign policy when Joe Biden enters the White House. There will be a more measured...
Full ArticleTime Is Not on Our Side in Libya
Released for Syndication: 07/21/2020
Ahmed, who lives in Tripoli, Libya, texts me that the city is quieter than before. The army of General Khalifa Haftar—who controls large parts...
Full ArticleTurkey’s Big Bet Has Put Libya in Center of a Global Power Struggle
Released for Syndication: 06/12/2020
The series of debilitating military setbacks that Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar suffered in recent months have spurred diplomatic activities over the conflict in...
Full ArticleNATO Returns to Libya to Challenge Russia
Released for Syndication: 06/01/2020
The great game in Libya has begun surging with the United States shedding its strategic ambivalence and resorting to a proactive role. At the...
Full ArticleBlackRock Profits in a Time of Crisis
Released for Syndication: 03/23/2020
With little government support and corporate accountability, humanitarian aid workers are scrambling to address the refugee crisis in the wake of the global pandemic,...
Full ArticleLibya Is Being Torn Apart by Outsiders
Released for Syndication: 02/04/2020
Ghassan Salamé is the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. He took over this job in 2017, six years after the...
Full ArticleThe War in Libya Will Never End
Released for Syndication: 01/29/2020