Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS

Thousands of protesters organized in Paris on Saturday to condemn President Emmanuel Macron’s new security law that many say is an affront to their individual liberties, which essentially makes photographing or filming police officers a crime. The bill includes a provision that would make it illegal to broadcast “the face or any other identifying element”...

As much of the nation goes into lockdown and millions of businesses and tens of millions of lives are being destroyed, the people’s so-called representative in Washington passed a $740 billion defense budget… the largest in American history. Despite President Trump’s call for withdrawing half of the 4,500 troops currently in Afghanistan – by far...

Violent protests broke out last weekend in French cities including Paris, Lyon, and Marseille over President Emmanuel Macron’s draft security law that has been blasted by critics as a major crackdown in the country on civil liberties. The protest targeted a bill Macron’s government proposed last month that would ban publishing images of police officers,...

As we have been reporting, protests have broken out in New Delhi, India, which are comprised of farmers voicing their concerns over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for deregulations they fear will sink them deeper into poverty. With their economy sinking for several consecutive quarters before the COVID War broke out, India’s GDP is estimated to have...

It is the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth, but barely reported and hardly discussed: the 2015 war launched against Yemen by Saudi Arabia with the support of the United States. (See our 29 September 2017 article, “MIDDLE EAST WAR DRUMS ARE BEATING.”) Last week, the U.N. announced that the war in Yemen has resulted in...

President Trump reportedly ordered his military leaders to pull out the approximately 700 U.S. troops stationed in Somalia who mainly have been training forces in the country to be prepared to defend themselves against al-Shabaab fighters. Rather than bringing the troops home, it is reported they will be repositioned in Kenya. Unreported in the mainstream...

French President Emmanuel Macron faced backlash last week over a proposed law that would make it illegal to post photographs of police officers that could potentially expose an officer to “physical or psychological integrity.” Euronews.com reported that the main criticism of the proposal comes from those who see it as a crackdown on press freedoms. They...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced earlier this month his intentions to allot an additional $32 billion to military spending because he is “not content to curl up on our island” and leave military tasks to its international friends. Defense News reported that the additional funding will be earmarked for shipbuilding, space, cyber, research, and...

Protests ripped through Guatemala last week due to anger over the country’s 2021 budget that many in the country say takes from worthwhile initiatives, such as funding human rights agencies and coronavirus treatments, and instead directs the money straight back into the coffers of lawmakers. Alejandro Giammattei, the president, was the focus of much of...

Not far from Ethiopia, where civil war tensions are rising, Uganda has seen its worst unrest in years. It was reported that at least 45 people were killed by security forces who opened fire on protesters supporting Bobi Wine, the musician who is challenging President Yoweri Museveni, who has held office for 36 years. The...