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A Taste of The President’s Cake

The new film The President’s Cake is both entertaining and compelling, but only if you know little about Iraq. Still from The President’s Cake. (Sony Pictures Classics) On a recent afternoon in Baghdad, I drove across the Republic Bridge to an emporium on the eastern...

The Thailand-Cambodia War Was About Shoring Up Elite Power

Thailand and Cambodia shocked observers by going to war last month. The destructive border conflict doesn’t stem from an upsurge of popular nationalism: the political elites in both countries needed a distraction to shore up their flagging legitimacy. Thai deputy...

Uruguay: Trueque con Sol, la solidaridad en juego

Frente a la realidad actual de empobrecimiento, no solamente económico, también de los vínculos, distintos colectivos buscan alternativas para poner el valor de la vida al centro. La entrada <font color="#0ac600">Uruguay</font>: Trueque con Sol, la...

The Impact of Trump Tariffs on the Trade Deficit

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair It is always dangerous to try to get into Donald Trump’s head, and there probably is not much point to the exercise, but Trump says the purpose of his tariffs is to bring down the trade deficit and move to balanced trade.  Tariffs can...

Trump’s Tariff Tsunami

Trans-oceanic cargo ship on the Columbia River. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. When an earthquake hits somewhere in the ocean, surrounding countries near and far brace for the big waves that inevitably follow. Donald Trump’s tariff announcements are just such a tectonic...