A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion
Ireland was a laboratory for every manner of colonial repression by the British; 100 years after the Easter Rising, it is once again—this time by banks.
Mar 21, 2016 / Conn Hallinan
The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them. The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them.
America’s leading Sunni ally is proving how easily hubris, delusion, and old-fashioned ineptitude can trump even bottomless wealth.
Nov 12, 2015 / Conn Hallinan
Turkey’s President Gets His Majority—at a Terrible Price Turkey’s President Gets His Majority—at a Terrible Price
To reverse his fortune at the polls, Erdogan reignited Turkey’s war with the Kurds, stood silent while mobs attacked his opponents, and unilaterally altered the constitutional role...
Nov 4, 2015 / Conn Hallinan
Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal
In recent elections, left parties garnered more than 50 percent of the vote and austerity took a major hit.
Oct 14, 2015 / Conn Hallinan
Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate
The party is deeply rooted in the political culture of Greece.
Mar 25, 2015 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
Turning the European Debt Myth Upside Down Turning the European Debt Myth Upside Down
The debt crisis has little to do with poor budgeting and everything to do with crony capitalism.
Mar 4, 2015 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield
As the climate warms and the ice melts, the Arctic could become the next great theater of global cooperation—or a battlefield.
Nov 14, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East
Adding yet more warfare to the current crisis will perpetuate exactly what the imperial powers set out to do: tear an entire region of the world asunder.
Jul 7, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
Despite Rightward Trend, European Voters Reject Austerity Politics Despite Rightward Trend, European Voters Reject Austerity Politics
Yes, the far right performed well in Europe’s elections. But wherever voters had a clear choice between economic democracy and right-wing xenophobia, they went left.
Jun 9, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
How Ethnic Tensions and Economic Crisis Have Strengthened Europe’s Secession Movements How Ethnic Tensions and Economic Crisis Have Strengthened Europe’s Secession Movements
Borders may appear immutable, but events from Catalonia to Crimea prove that they are not.
Apr 9, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus