March 2018 – Brian F. Bridgeforth

Sisi and the Death of the Arab Spring

March 31, 2018

When the polls closed last Wednesday after three days of voting in Egypt’s presidential election there was no doubt who the winner would be. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi had systematically removed all major opponents to reelection bid

Sarkozy Under Formal Investigation

March 28, 2018

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under formal investigation on March 21 for accepting bribes, illegal campaign financing, and the misappropriation of Libyan public funds. The formal investigation was announced after police interviewed Sarkozy

Remembering September 11th

March 27, 2018

September 11th, 2001 is one of those events that anyone who is old enough remembers exactly what they were doing when they heard the news that terrorists had flown planes into the World Trade Center

Putin’s Sham Election

March 22, 2018

Vladimir Putin won his fourth six-year term as president during Russia’s election on March 18. He won with nearly 77 percent of the vote in a race that included quite a few minor candidates. He

Exit Tillerson, Enter Mike Pompeo

March 15, 2018

Last week Donald Trump fired his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, in a move that was not necessarily a surprise as the relationship between the two has been outwardly strained for some time. Tillerson, as

From the Ashes of TPP: CPTPP

March 12, 2018

When Donald Trump lived up to his campaign promise and pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, many thought the agreement was dead. A year later, the TPP has been brought back from

North Korea Invites Trump to Meet Kim Jong-un

March 9, 2018

In a very significant development, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited U.S. President Donald Trump to a meeting. Trump agreed to the meeting which the White House says will be held by May of this

The Poisoning of Sergei Skripal

March 8, 2018

On Sunday March 4, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal were found slumped over on a shopping center bench in Salisbury, England. They were rushed to the hospital where they currently remain in critical

China’s New Emperor: Xi Jinping

March 5, 2018

China gained the world’s attention recently when it announced that it will be likely ending term limits for its president. The move will allow Xi Jinping to run for a third term beyond 2023. The

Trump Announces Tariffs

March 2, 2018

During the 2016 presidential race, Donald Trump ran on a pledge to protect American products by imposing tariffs on imports. His threats were alarming. They would in all probability start global trade wars as countries