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NATO, burden sharing and Mr. Trump

“Two percent is a joke. Four percent is what we should be spending. We are being played for fools” President Donald J. Trump, Brussels NATO Summit, 12 July 2018 When is a pledge not a pledge? The NATO Brussels summit was all about…

Mexicans choose “AMLO”: now what?

Since Latin America’s return to democracy beginning in 1978, many middle class and poor citizens have found the old party systems unwilling and unable to generate sustainable and broad-based development. As voters they abandoned these…