Beyond Imagination: Uranium One
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Beyond Imagination: Uranium One

The multilayered story surrounding Uranium One—the former South African, then Canadian, and now Russian company, of which both Bill and Hillary Clinton and their family foundation are the enriched beneficiaries—has all the usual elements of a typical Clinton scandal. A talented con man, Bill Clinton perfected his game in Arkansas.  Through his control over state...

The E.U.’s Soft Underbelly
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The E.U.’s Soft Underbelly

E.U. enthusiasts have recently scored a hat trick of good news.  First, there was the election of Rothschild banking protégé Emmanuel Macron to the presidency of France along with a parliamentary majority, followed by the much-improved pre-election poll ratings of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and now the Tories’ loss of their party’s once solid parliamentary...

The Many Reinventions of Jeffrey Sachs
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The Many Reinventions of Jeffrey Sachs

“Jeff Sachs is like the March Hare in Alice in Wonderland, moving from cup to cup.  He can never return to any country that he advised, since they all hate him.  It happened in Latin America, in Slovenia, in Poland, a few of the Baltic States, and it was the same in Russia.  They maintain...

Wreckers and Builders
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Wreckers and Builders

Twenty-five years is a long time to get back to where you started, but two-and-a-half decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is the United States, not the Russian Federation, that has succeeded in restoring the threat of nuclear annihilation to the global conversation.  And, by means of economic sanctions, energy-infrastructure intrusions, and...