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The best solution to wartime privations is to not start wars in the first place; and – if they happen anyway – to quickly find a pragmatic economic solution to end the war without creating 'losers'; to end the war through negotiations rather than belligerent 'demands'.
Ian Powell discusses the humanitarian crisis in Cuba caused by the escalation of economic warfare by the United States.
The enduring truth is that the US is a nation structurally tilted toward political control and economic domination. Neither this November nor any other will change that reality until the geopolitical realities in the Middle East change.
Since the end of World War II Singapore has consistently cited New Zealand and Australia as its two most significant regional partners. Both countries have also had to deal with changes to British foreign policy that have adversely affected them.
New Zealand has maintained virtually total silence over this criminality in order to provide assistance to its close friend and ally Israel.
Sweden, reflecting its exceptionalist image as a warmly welcoming country, rejected any attempts to 'assimilate' its refugee immigrants; supposedly leaving them to retain their cultures of origin while being supported in deep poverty traps.
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