By closing ports to migrants, Italy’s new government has joined a host of European nations that have toughened their stance on immigrants and splintered any hope of a pan-continent policy on welcoming [...]
The G-7 annual meeting, which was once an amicable conclave of industrialized democracies, is taking place today with unusual acrimony. Trading partners? Donald Trump of course, is the center of hostile [...]
The other day, Donald Tusk, president of the European Union’s agenda-setting European Council, lashed out at US President Donald Trump in unusually tough and impolite language, given the customary diplomatic [...]
Rome—Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential vote is sure to embolden similar anti-establishment movements in Europe and elsewhere. To be clear: It is wrong to suggest that Trump was a pioneer [...]
Rome–As Americans went and voted for an ex-reality TV star for presidential, surprising and dismaying not a few people, over here in Europe, political problems are looming as the continent and its [...]
Rome—There has been much checkbook rattling in Europe in response to Great Britain’s decision to exit the European Union with cries that the UK must absolutely be punished to deter anyone else who [...]
Rome—British voters not only rebuffed European Union membership via the monumental Brexit referendum, they also rejected threats from President Barack Obama to punish Britain if it left the EU. Back [...]
London–President Obama is winding up his lecture tour of Europe during which he told Europeans to get with his program of unbridled globalization and forget about any connection it might have to [...]
Two operas, one in Hong Kong, the other in Moscow, seemed to speak on current themes. I had the good luck this year of s...
Are the US and China heading for a Pearl Harbor moment? Back to the Future? Pearl Harbor, 1941 Before visiting Shanghai ...
All calm in Shanghai, so why all the controls?...
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