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!” →

New US President Trump’s ‘Muslim Travel Ban’: Much Bravado about Nothing!

On February 6, 2017November 14, 2020 By Ivan DikovIn Analyses and Opinion ArticlesLeave a comment

Trump might already be doing good on his campaign promises regardless of how detrimental they might be for American interests and world peace. Photo: Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia

Trump’s “Muslim Travel Ban” will yield few practical benefits while boosting anti-Americanism around the globe. Yet, Trump’s doing it – because HE CAN. Continue reading “New US President Trump’s ‘Muslim Travel Ban’: Much Bravado about Nothing!” →