Geopolitics

NATIONAL-POPULIST DEMOCRACY AND ITS IMPACT ON STRATEGY

The current wave of right-wing populism in the West is a far cry from historical and progressive populisms in the developing world.  It is narrow minded, reactionary, persecutory, and oblivious to consequences.  This essay explores the geopolitical consequences of the trend.

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¡Adiós Comandante! Cuba without Fidel

For the first time in decades in Cuba the New Year will be a year without Fidel.  The dawn comes and he is no longer there.  But life goes on towards an uncertain future.  Other dawns and other roosters sing today.  They bring back to mind a song from the Spanish civil war:  When the black rooster crows, / It's because the day has ended, / If the red rooster crowed, / Another would crow too.

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