President Trump’s bashing of media outlets, such as CNN, paints a false picture. Of course, media stations, save Fox, have responded to the president’s rhetorical assault with the intensity of a leopard stalking its prey, seemingly intent on holding him to account. CNN, MSNBC, or even Fox are not “fake,” rather the corporate-controlled media, also…
Author: Paul F.J. Aranas
Abuses of State Power
Numerous polls conducted by the Pew Research Center show the United States receiving low marks for international trust, even among allies, especially when the U.S. bypasses multilateral institutions (Bortin, 2007, p. A12; Stanley-Becker, I & Clement, S 2017). Many of the complaints and much of the dissatisfaction with American policy and use of power are…
The Dangers of Unrestrained Power
Unrestrained power is always potentially very dangerous. Power facilitates greed and together they multiply exponentially; and the results of greed can produce more power, illegitimate as it may be. In this series of articles, I will discuss the nature of power and the concept of legitimacy, explaining the distinction between the two areas in relation…
NATO Expansion and Georgia
For 12 days in March, NATO conducted joint military exercises with Georgia at the Krtsanisi National Training Center near the capital city of Tblisi. Three hundred and fifty personnel from twenty-four NATO countries participated. “We are not accepting that Russia or any other power can decide what members can do ,” says NATO Secretary Jens…