by James Armel Smith | Feb 10, 2020 | ASML, China, Europe, Netherlands, Trade war, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
The scene is familiar: the White House Oval Office, President Donald Trump signing a large white document as Vice President Mike Pence and other high-ranking officials look on approvingly in the background. Last Wednesday, the guest and fellow signatory was the... 
by James Armel Smith | Nov 25, 2019 | Endless wars, Military spending, NATO, Netherlands, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
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... 
by James Armel Smith | Sep 30, 2019 | Amnesty International, Gun violence, Mass shootings, Travel advisory, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
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.... 
by James Armel Smith | Jul 31, 2019 | Apollo 11, China, India, Moon, Moon Race, Russia, Space Exploration, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
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... 
by James Armel Smith | May 31, 2019 | Android, China, Google, Huawei, Trade, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
Android It is a major blow for Huawei. U.S.-based Google has been forced to take drastic measures against the Chinese tech firm. After the Trump administration introduced stricter regulations for conducting business with Chinese tech companies last week, Google is now... 
by James Armel Smith | Jan 20, 2019 | Border Wall, Donald Trump, Immigration, Mexico, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
Modern states have to keep out non-citizens. They cannot do otherwise. A wall , a physical boundary, only makes that more visible, writes Eric Hendriks. Be honest about that. Are you a fence or a wall person? If you consider that a strange question and think that a... 
by James Armel Smith | Sep 12, 2018 | Donald Trump, Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia, United States, Weapons, Yemen | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
There would be no war in Yemen without American and British weapons. But Carolien Roelants sees no sign of movement toward terminating that assistance. There is an unbelievable photo in which Donald Trump points out on a board the number of weapons he has sold to... 
by James Armel Smith | Aug 9, 2018 | Antitrust, European Commission, European Union, Google, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
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... 
by James Armel Smith | Jul 22, 2018 | American Dream, Philip Alston, Poverty, United Nations, United States | Journalism, Political Science |
In a scathing report, the United Nations denounces “Third World conditions” in the U.S. Politicians are capable of tackling the extreme poverty there, but do not want to. Of the world’s 2,208 billionaires, one quarter live in the United States. They share the country... 
by James Armel Smith | May 26, 2018 | Donald Trump, Europe, Iran Nuclear Deal, Opinion, United States | International Relations, Journalism |
“[T]here is no doubt that the United States – in the wake of its earlier withdrawal from the Paris climate accord – has, once again, further distanced itself from the international community this week.” With his now well-known bravado, American President... 
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