Phil Gasper

Jan 6, 2025 | newpol.org | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith |Phil Gasper

Having run as a Washington “outsider,” he immediately filled his administration with Trilateral Commission members, hoping that a coterie of Rockefeller internationalists could resurrect the confidence of American leaders and enrich business relations between Japan and the United States. His Secretary of State was Cyrus Vance, a Wall Street lawyer and former planner of the Vietnam slaughter.

Dec 10, 2024 | newpol.org | Shireen Akram-Boshar |Phil Gasper

Throughout the past year of Israel’s war on Gaza, China has repeatedly called for a return to the peace process and the implementation of the long-discussed two-state solution. But this rhetoric is far from signaling opposition to and defiance of Israel.

Nov 17, 2024 | newpol.org | Alex de Jong |Phil Gasper

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Nov 12, 2024 | newpol.org | Bryan D. Palmer |Bryan Palmer |Phil Gasper

Leonard Cohen, poet laureate of Canada’s 1960s, offered a closing anthem to the twentieth century in his 1992 lament “Democracy.” In an earlier year of revolt, 1968, Cohen had refused his country’s most prestigious literary prize, the Governor General’s Award. “The world is a callous place,” he reportedly said, “and he would take no gift from it.” He would later be the accepting recipient of many honours, including the Order of Canada.

Nov 8, 2024 | newpol.org | Phil Gasper

Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here. We have long argued that in the 21st century, state power is a hot potato.