UN Can Help with Somalia’s Famine: Less Hypocrisy and Intra-UN Fundraising!

On April 23, 2017November 14, 2020 By Ivan DikovIn Analyses and Opinion ArticlesLeave a comment

The Secretary-General meets South Sudanese refugees during a visit to Imvepi settlement in northern Uganda in June 2017. UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, for example, can easily spare USD 100,000 from his USD 220,000 annual salary to feed a few hungry souls – for all those nice photo ops with the wretched of the Earth with whom he enjoys shaking hands. Continue reading “UN *Can* Help with Somalia’s Famine: Less Hypocrisy and Intra-UN Fundraising!” →

When the Germans Marching East Is a Good Thing. Can Germany Handle It?

On April 11, 2017November 14, 2020 By Ivan DikovIn Analyses and Opinion ArticlesLeave a comment

German military equipment arriving in Lithuania as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence. Photo: Lithuanian Ministry of Defense

Germany needs to stand up, not as an aggressor or an imperialist power of the past, but as a defender of democracy. Continue reading “When the Germans Marching East Is a Good Thing. Can Germany Handle It?” →