Kyrgyzstan’s Forgotten Colour Revolution

Kyrgyzstan’s Forgotten Colour Revolution

by | Nov 8, 2025 | Uncategorized

October 5th marked the 25th anniversary of the world’s first “colour revolution”, in Yugoslavia. A lavishly-funded, multi-pronged CIA, NED and USAID campaign exploited civil society actors, in particular youth groups, to dislodge President Slobodan Milosevic from...

Onward Christian Soldiers

by | Nov 8, 2025 | Uncategorized

Somewhere between New York’s Studio 54 disco and the White House, Donald Trump became infused by militant Christianity. At the same time, he also seems to have been imbued by the most extreme, far-right Zionism. Politics do odd things. Trump may espouse a lot of...

Lasting legacy (Dick Cheney)

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized

Dick Cheney was probably the most powerful and consequential vice president in American history. His legacy is enormous, but not in a positive sense. He and his fellow neocons rained death and destruction throughout the Middle East and curtailed civil liberties at...

America’s ‘Ceausescu Moment’

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized

Revolutions are funny things. They start out almost imperceptible. The final straw itself may be as inconsequential as a single voice in the crowd whose words unleash a tidal wave that sweeps aside the seemingly intractable old order forever. Even as the cracks in the...