Elections in Rwanda and Kenya yield mixed results. In South Africa, cronyism wins the day.
The election could signal the end of an era and usher in generational change.
“The government doesn’t listen. ... You can vanish, and no one cares.”
When the police are criminals, Mexicans have no one to turn to.
Illiberal rulers from Venezuela to Poland are assaulting constraints on their power. In Italy, anti-elite populists are using the internet to empower citizens and upend
“I really wish it was a nightmare. I really wish that I could wake up to a different reality.”
Beijing is reviving the ancient Silk Road routes and claiming the South China Sea like America once claimed the Caribbean.
For reformists like me, the disappointment runs deep.
When U.S. intervention smashes established authority, even more brutal forces fill the vacuum.
It’s now the G-19+1, with Russia in the club and America as the outlier.
Otherwise, social unrest will continue to escalate, and we’ll face a bleak future.
Scant attention is given to non-American views when it comes to dealing with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.