Selected Articles: War, Corruption, and Totalitarianism in Europe
Polish Government Expands Police State Powers
By Clara Weiss, February 25 2016
Poland’s right-wing nationalist government has rapidly expanded its police state measures in recent weeks.
The Destabilization and Fracture of the EU: Will the European Union Share the Same Fate as the Soviet Union?
By Sputnik, February 27 2016
EU politicians and European heads of state are desperately looking for ways to save the European project, but a series of powerful anti-EU shocks, and growing public distrust makes a Soviet-style collapse seem almost inevitable, French economist Charles Gave suggests.
European Parliament Voted to Stop All Sales of Weapons to Saudi Arabia. Slap in the Face for David Cameron
By Ben Hogg, February 27 2016
As political debate in Britain centres on the EU referendum in June, a significant decision took place in the European Parliament this week.
Trident – the UK’s Route to Nuclear Annihilation?
By Oliver Tickell, February 27 2016
Why is it so important to the US that Britain renew its nuclear weapons of mass destruction? The main purpose of Trident, writes Oliver Tickell, is to allow the UK to join American nuclear attacks, adding ‘legitimacy’ to them…
Newly Translated WikiLeaks Saudi Cable: Overthrow the Syrian Regime, but Play Nice with Russia
By Brad Hoff, February 27 2016
It is no secret that Saudi Arabia, along with its Gulf and Western allies, has played a direct role in fueling the fires of grinding sectarian conflict that has kept Syria burning for the past five years.