In 2016, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a chart of numeracy rates across its member states from the highest to lowest. While South Korea topped the list as the state with the highest levels of numeracy with Japan coming in at a close second, the United Kingdom […]
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Liberal Fear Mongering: Bribe Migrant Smugglers Or They’ll Turn Into Terrorists
The UK’s Guardian is contributing to senseless fear mongering in propagating the narrative that former migrant smugglers – and assumedly, the sub-Saharan population at large – will turn into terrorists unless they’re basically bribed by the Europeans not to. The EuroRealist Revolution in European Affairs began in Hungary but has […]
Macron Embraces Liberal Authoritarianism by Attempting to Force French Children Into The Military
Emmanuel Macron was the first modern French President not to experience compulsory military service as prior to his eighteenth birthday, the French government abolished conscription. However, after benefiting from the fact that France is a country facing no traditional military threats, Macron has now put forward formal proposals which would […]
The Trump-Putin Meeting Will Mean a Great Deal For Syria, But Little For Any Other Country
Russia-US trade was never significant for either country even before the barrage of sanctions and countermeasures which were enacted beginning in 2014. While the Chinese superpower is able to withstand a US trade war because American companies, like those throughout the world are highly reliant on Chinese goods, paradoxically, the […]
Mexico’s Elections May Gift Trump The Penultimate Death of NAFTA
On Sunday, Mexicans will head to the polls to vote in an election that is guaranteed to transform front-line Mexican politics. After several failed attempts at winning the Presidency, leftist/populist stalwart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known affectionately as AMLO) looks to steamroll to victory on the 1st of July as even […]
British State Owned Media Censors Turkish Presidential Spokesman When Talking About Combating Terrorism
On the 25th of June, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalın spoke to a UK based radio station run by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) where he discussed President Erdogan’s re-election and other topical matters. However, subsequent to the interview, Kalın revealed that his remarks on Turkey’s battle against FETO, Daesh and […]
Footballers Fined For Extremist Albanian Provocation at World Cup
During last week’s match against Serbia, two ethnic Albanian players on the Swiss team, Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka flashed a provocative hand signal which many Serbian supporters found grossly offensive. Both players celebrated a goal late in the second half by flashing a hand sign intended to represent the […]
America’s Pivot to Multipolarity is Limited to Domestic Realities Where The US is Embracing Sectarian Third World Characteristics
In terms of foreign policy, the United States continues to pursue a zero-sum mentality while actively resisting emergent trends in the development of a less hegemonic and more multipolar world. This is not likely to change in the near future irrespective of who wins the 2020 US Presidential elections. But […]
Swiss Football Team Must be Held Accountable For The Political Provocations of Some Players
Yesterday’s football match between Serbia and Switzerland held in the Russian city of Kaliningrad was notable for the supreme level of intensity on both sides as well as a deeply controversial decision by the referee in the second half of the match. According to a Straits Times report detailing the most […]
Trump Calls For Tariffs on European Car Imports - as a Result The Iran Nuclear Deal Will Soon be Dead
A day after the European Union (EU) imposed $3.3 billion worth of retaliatory tariffs of American luxury items following on from the imposition of US tariffs on European steel and aluminium tariffs, Donald Trump has just stated that he will impose a 20% import tariff on all European cars coming into […]