Conn Hallinan
LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan
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World
Alliances and counter-alliances: The great game comes to Syria
April 19, 2018The war in Syria is coming to an end, and at this point Iran, Russia, and Turkey seem to be the only actors who have a script that goes beyond lobbing cruise missiles at people.
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Opinion
Social democracy abandoned workers; now, workers are doing likewise
March 21, 2018The fall of the center-left has more to do with social democrats' 1990s accommodation to capital than with any rightward shift by European voters.
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World
Italian elections and immigration
February 22, 2018Italian elections are always complex affairs, but the upcoming Mar. 4 vote is one of the most bewildering in several decades.
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World
Mattis threats against Russia should alarm us all
February 13, 2018The Cold War was an ideological battle between two systems, socialism and capitalism. The fight today is over market access and economic domination.
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World
Nuclear war danger: There are thousands of buttons out there
January 25, 2018“Our extinction could be one insult away.”
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Politics
The 2017 “Are You Serious?!” Awards
January 3, 2018Trillion-dollar jet fighters that suffocate pilots, "Palestinian salads" to dissuade Islamic State fighters, and more ridiculousness among this year's selections.
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World
U.S. rolls the dice of war in Asia-Pacific
December 6, 2017Malabar 17 brought together the U.S., Japanese, and Indian navies to practice shutting down a waterway through which 80 percent of China’s energy supplies travel.
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News
Jeremy Corbyn rises, Theresa May stumbles as Brexit divorce drama continues
November 8, 2017With the French sharpening their knives, the Tories in disarray, the Irish demanding answers, and 17 months to go, the matter is making for good theater.
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