Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
On the 15th of June in Runnymede, Magna Carta Libertatum (the great charter of the liberties) was agreed by King John, his opposition barons and the Archbishop of Canterbury as the legal document which would form the new basis of rights and privileges throughout England. This document from a feudal […]
While the de jure role of state sponsored propaganda is to convince a population to adopt a certain line of thinking on the issues of the day, the de fato function of state sponsored propaganda is rather different. In a society in which even a sizeable minority of the public […]
“I don’t want to start any blasphemous rumours but I think that God’s got a sick sense of humour and when I die I expect to find him laughing”. So goes the refrain to the Depeche Mode song Blasphemous Rumours, but such a statement could easily apply to anyone attempting […]
The New York Times has published an op-ed that editors claim is written by a senior member of Donald Trump’s White House staff. The New York Times further claims that its staff know the identify of the individual but have chosen to conceal it. It goes without saying that the […]
Donald Trump has recently spoken out on a number of occasions in favour of a Constitutionalist approach to free speech. Trump has been motivated to address the issue of free speech after a number of social media corporations censored both medium sized professional media outlets and individual activist-commentators for expressing […]
A nation cannot survive if it sacrifices its national characteristics to universalist trends. When a nation acts against its own inherent collective nature due to a lust for some alleged higher ideal, one often finds that discontent rather than social harmony is the typical endgame in such experiments. While it […]
In an unprecedented move by four major tech companies, the popular American political commentator, self-described patriot and much maligned so-called conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was simultaneously banned from Facebook, Apple’s podcast listing service, the Google owned Youtube video platform and the Spotify music and podcast streaming service. The move was […]
The US Supreme Court has just ruled in favour of the owners of an American bakery who refused to bake a cake for customers celebrating a same-sex marriage. According to a majority of US Supreme Court Justices, forcing the owners of a business to bake the type of cake in […]
The easiest way to stop any crime is to catch the would-be assailant just before he commits his crime. For example, if the mass murderer responsible for the Florida school shooting was apprehended as he was readying his weapons, just before opening fire, this would be an open and shut […]
