Transatlantico

By Andrew Spannaus The rise of protest movements across Europe, with increasing support for extremist candidates and political parties, comes against the backdrop of a growing sense of insecurity for the middle and lower classes across the continent. Less stable employment conditions and the stagnation or regression of salaries have created the fertile ground for […]

Before the end of September Russia and Belarus will launch the Zapad 2017 military exercises, that aim to test the joint capacity of the two countries on their western borders. The Russians insist that the maneuvers are merely defensive, in line with Foreign Minister Sergi Lavrov’s past statemetns last year that Russia would “never” attack […]

Exclusive: The European elites want the European Union as a means for controlling the Continent’s economies, but that often requires overriding the popular will of nation states, a dilemma for “democracy,” explains Andrew Spannaus. By Andrew Spannaus A sigh of relief was heard across Europe on Sunday night, as far-right candidate Marine Le Pen was […]

One of the crucial diplomatic issues between the United States and Russia in Syria is the role of Iran. In his visit to Moscow in mid-April U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used the threat of force, unleashed on a limit scale a few days earlier, to make it clear that the Americans are willing […]

French voters will head to the polls this Sunday to elect a new president, in the next test for the electoral revolt that has swept across Europe and the United States over the past year. Marine Le Pen of the Front National, the right-wing nationalist party seeking to exploit the wave of popular protest that […]

– by Andrew Spannaus – With most of the media and political commentators focused on the Republicans’ failed attempt to pass a healthcare bill, some of President Donald Trump’s most significant words appear to have gone almost unnoticed. The President was away from the political fight in Washington on March 20th, conducting one of his […]

– by Andrew Spannaus – The announcement that the United States is considering imposing punitive tariffs on a series of European goods, including prestigious italian products such as Vespa scooters and San Pellegrino water, has triggered the expected hysteria regard Trump’s protectionism. It would be better to take a step back to have a clearer […]

– di Andrew Spannaus – On January 23, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an order directing the US Trade Representative to withdraw the country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the trade deal that the previous administration had spent years negotiating with eleven other nations around the Pacific Rim. This executive action represents a first step […]

– by Andrew Spannaus – The inaugural address of the 45th President of the United States had all the nuance of a boxing match, with the outsider Trump on one side, and the Western financial and political élite on the other. Anyone who hoped to see a calmer, more docile Donald Trump on January 20th, […]

Few in Europe expected Donald Trump to win the U.S. Presidential elections last November. The picture painted by the media and political class was convincing: despite the pent-up anger being expressed through protest candidates, Hillary Clinton was headed towards a decisive victory, as the majority of Americans couldn’t stomach someone as outrageous and unconventional as […]