putin-got-it-wrong

Photo: Sergei Ilyin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS on tass.comRicardo Pascoe PiercePutin made the mistake of thinking that he would get Ukraine to turn its gaze towards Russia and forget about the West by massing troops on the Ukrainian...

ukraine-and-cuba-hostage-states

Photo: Cyano66 on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceUkraine and Cuba have something in common, defined by their geographic location and internal politics. They are hostage states because of their geographies and national circumstances. In a world of recurring conflicts between superpowers,...

without-firing-a-single-shot

Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Antonio NavalónModels become exhausted. Empires collapse—everything changes. As if we didn't have enough with hyperinflation or what the Covid-19 pandemic has meant, the world has been holding its breath again in the last few weeks....

putin-the-great

Photo: Sergei Bobylev/TASS on tass.comAntonio NavalónI have had a weakness and intellectual curiosity for the Russian soul for many years now. To find people so sentimental and violent at the same time is a difficult task. The Tsar was...

nobody-wants-the-truth

Photo: Salman Hossain Saif on UnsplashAntonio NavalónJanuary 6, the day that for our culture and civilization represents the day of the Magi (Three Wise Kings), brought an inappropriate, unwanted, and terrible gift just one year ago. For a long...

the-wars-of-ignorance

Photo: Pixabay on PexelsAntonio NavalónLast November 8, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held its sixth plenary meeting in Beijing to take stock of its achievements and trajectory in its one hundred years of history. But...