Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 8, 2023

Greetings from Tyler, It looks as though the war in Ukraine is going to go on and on.  U. S. tanks and munitions are being expended at an alarming rate.  It is said that the Ukrainian forces are short on … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 2, 2022

Greetings from Tyler, It has only been one year since the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.  Whether intended or not it was a pivotal moment in world events.  For the United States to manage such a debacle after years of occupation, … Read More

Biden says a Russian invasion of Ukraine would hurt Americans. Here’s how

posted in: News, United States

With 150,000 Russian troops circling Ukraine’s borders and U.S. officials warning that a major invasion could take place any day, President Biden has signaled to the American public that it, too, may feel effects if Russia chooses to invade. “If … Read More

‘Looking back, I realize I was naive’: reporting on the refugee crisis

Raihan Mohammadi, five, Farzan Mohammadi, 11, and Ilyas Rezwani, five, in Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Alice Aedy When photographer Alice Aedy first covered the refugee crisis in 2016 she believed Europe would respond with humanity to images of … Read More

Venezuela refugee crisis: ‘we are beginning to see outbreaks of xenophobia’

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Social stability in Latin America is at risk under the pressure of Venezuelan refugees. More than 4 and a half million people have left the country and the flow continues to grow dramatically as the political crisis has not been … Read More

Croatia Will Not Let Illegal Migrants In, Says Interior Minister

ZAGREB, May 17, 2019 – Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Thursday Croatia did not and would not let in illegal migrants, and that the police were complying with the law in handling migrants. He was commenting on a Swiss Radio … Read More

Why Sweden’s Far Right Is on the Rise

The Sweden Democrats have been growing for years, and are likely to be among the largest parties in Parliament after Sunday’s election. Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the Sweden Democrats, campaigns in Motala, Sweden, on September 6.FREDRIK SANDBERG / TT … Read More

Angela Merkel has two weeks to keep Germany’s centre-right together

posted in: Germany, News

The chancellor wins time to find a European solution to the immigration dispute rending her political alliance. LAST week a dispute over immigration policy took Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), their conservative Bavarian partners, … Read More

Europe is facing a potential crisis in the Balkans. It has to act soon

The promise of EU membership for states in the region is welcome, but Russia, China and Turkey could create instability.  ‘Many factors have brought the Balkans back to the fore – not least the recent refugee crisis, which deeply rattled … Read More

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