Conn Hallinan
LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan
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News
Will Trump blunder into a war with China?
January 31, 2017Trump wants to go back to the period when the U.S. dominated much of the globe with its economic strength and military power. But that era is gone.
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Culture
Terror and torture: The spiral of endless war
November 21, 2016The contradiction of "the war on terror": the means used to fight it are effective recruiting devices for terrorists themselves.
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World
Socialist meltdown in Spain; right-wing will take government
October 11, 2016Pedro Sánchez, leader of Spain’s PSOE, was overthrown in a palace coup. Right-wing leader Rajoy will now form a government as the left remains divided.
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World
Neither candidate accepts changed role of U.S. in world
October 4, 2016The U.S. remains a superpower, but is no longer as powerful as it once was.
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Turkey’s authoritarian president Erdogan is big winner after failed coup
September 1, 2016As the dust settles from the Turkish coup, there are obvious winners and losers, but predicting things in the Middle East these days is a tricky business.
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Dangerous seas: War danger escalates in the Pacific
August 19, 2016Recent events combined with historical strains reaching back 60 years have turned the western Pacific into one of the most hazardous spots on the globe.
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NATO’s stance toward Russia increases nuclear danger
August 2, 2016After disappearing from the radar for several decades, nukes are back, and modernizing the U.S. arsenal will almost certainly kick off a nuclear arms race.
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World
Europe on the edge after Brexit vote and Spanish elections
July 8, 2016The next few years will be filled with opportunity, as well as danger. Anti-austerity forces are beginning to resist the "troika." But so, too, are parties on the right.
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