We Must Prevent the US and NATO from Dragging Us into Further Military Ventures

We Must Prevent the US and NATO from Dragging Us into Further Military Ventures

The Cabinet must renounce NATO’s defense spending requirements. Rather than allocating an extra 6 billion euros (approximately $6.3 billion) for defense and contributing to endless wars and the arms race, the Netherlands should instead invest in education and national...
Amnesty International Is Also Holding a Mirror Up to the US

Amnesty International Is Also Holding a Mirror Up to the US

Amnesty International recently issued a travel advisory for the United States in an effort to call attention to the excessive gun violence there. An overly political move, according to critics. The human rights organization experienced quite a bit of backlash online....
A New Moon Race Is Not Humanity’s Most Urgent Mission

A New Moon Race Is Not Humanity’s Most Urgent Mission

50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing In January of this year, the Chinese moon lander Chang’e-4, named after the Chinese moon goddess, deployed a rover on the far side of the moon. India is scheduled to launch its Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon on July...
Forget About Assange: Save Journalism

Forget About Assange: Save Journalism

So, it’s settled then. There must be a scapegoat. And that scapegoat is now being prepared for the ritual sacrifice: Julian Assange is behind bars. He was taken into custody after the Ecuadorean government “invited” the British police to remove him from its embassy in...
Trump Puts America First, Then Trade, Before Freedom and Justice

Trump Puts America First, Then Trade, Before Freedom and Justice

“Blinded by cheap oil and seduced by weapons sales, Trump maintains his alliance with a hereditary dictatorship with medieval social mores.” It remains unsettling even after two years – especially when it is all there in black and white, complete with...
America Is a Cartel Paradise. For Real Competition You Have To Be in the EU

America Is a Cartel Paradise. For Real Competition You Have To Be in the EU

Margrethe Vestager is without a doubt the most popular European commissioner at the moment. The Dane heads the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission. She adjudicates on issues of market power, cartels and unfair competition. With a snap of her...
It Will Get Ugly if the U.S. Comes To View Google as a National Interest

It Will Get Ugly if the U.S. Comes To View Google as a National Interest

The €4.3 billion (approximately $5.1 billion) fine that the European Commission imposed on Google last week seems like an enormous sum of money. The penalty relates to Google’s alleged abuse of power in the mobile phone market. Some 85 percent of mobile devices...