Sam Vaknin
Kissinger is Dead, Long Live Realpolitik
As the USA’s Founding Fathers knew, universal franchise democracy is a dangerously flawed idea. It empowers the nescient…
Nakba – or Independence War? Fact-checking 1948
As with every protracted conflict, both the Israelis and the Palestinians spew out counterfactual propaganda regarding the events…
USA is the Wrong Model for Europe’s Ailing Hospitals
WHO/Europe is actively working to support countries in addressing these challenges, including providing technical assistance in implementing new…
Who is Defeated in Gaza: Israel or Hamas?
Belgium (Brussels Morning newspaper) Does Khamenei have a point? Has Israel been defeated in Gaza, or at least stymied…
Corruption Reconsidered
Corruption runs against the grain of meritocratic capitalism. It skews the level playing field; it imposes onerous and unpredictable transaction…
Europe Must Cap Executive Pay or Face Labor Unrest
In terms of Purchasing Power Standards (PPS), Europe is still way more equitable than the USA, for instance.…
Next Financial Crisis: Private Equity
Pension funds and other institutional investors are on the hook for the remaining 99% of the capital. The…
Berlin Process: Gaslighting the Western Balkans
The impoverished, hopelessly corrupt, and badly governed countries of the region – Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina,…
Israel: A Paper Tiger
Israel’s military is prepared and equipped for a conventional war rather than for asymmetrical warfare, and has been…
The Rise of the Other Asia
China’s reopening after the pandemic is not the reason. Russia’s war in Ukraine is – as well as…
Europe’s Conspiracy Politics
The distrust of appearances and official versions was further enhanced by the Watergate scandal in 1973-4. Conspiracies and…
Russel Brand’s #MenToo Moment
Moreover, in an egregious violation of every tenet of democracy, a committee of the British parliament, no less,…
Russia’s Kosovo: Nagorno-Karabakh
Ostensibly, Russia and Armenia are allies. But Russia is selling weapons to both former Soviet republics: to Armenia…
The Black Future of the Black Sea
The retaking of Crimea by Russia in 2014 complicated matters. The Black Sea is both a hinterland and…
Three Seas, One Destiny
It is the second incarnation of “Intermarium”, a failed Polish initiative in the 1930s. That was an attempt…