Markos Kounalakis
The Miami Herald
Stanford, CA, United States
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Political power and electrical power are inextricably linked. Ask Arnold Schwarzenegger
When modern governments cannot provide basic services, such as electricity, citizens will revolt at the ballot box. → Read More
Candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg gets foreign policy
Mayor Pete is a breath of fresh air in a crowded field of candidates struggling for oxygen. → Read More
Americans are real victims of our trade war with Mexico and China
As with all wars, this type of warfare requires sacrifice. The homefront pays in blood and treasure for active and violent military conflict as in Afghanistan and Iraq. → Read More
The Europeans have a different, darker Green New Deal
However, Europe’s gas heating and home cooking allows Russia to buy foreign politicians, fund election hacking and pay for the production of Russian tanks. → Read More
Trump has traded American values, interests and dignity for the false promise of Putin’s friendship
President is hindered by a popular belief that he has been incapable, at best, and, at worst, actively curried personal and political favor from Moscow. → Read More
If we go to war with Iran, blame President Jimmy Carter
The 1980 Carter Doctrine has found a contemporary fan in John Bolton, President Trump’s national security adviser. → Read More
Venezuelans will have to fight for their democracy. Trump can’t, and won’t, do it for them
Trump is stuck with the “Trump Doctrine” that recognizes the sanctity of sovereignty: What happens domestically in any nation is that country’s business. → Read More
The death penalty? Kill it off, around the world
Abolishing capital punishment would allow countries to join in a common cause that does not threaten their sovereignty, but, rather, reinforces their global responsibility and shared humanity. → Read More
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago could be ‘Mar-a-Leako’ to our enemies
After the arrest of Yujing Zhang, accused of bringing malware to Trump’s Palm Beach mansion, it’s time to close the windows, lock the doors, make new keys and develop new protocols. → Read More
Brexit has become a royal pain. Queen Elizabeth needs to step in and take a stand
Her Majesty can use the “Royal Prerogative” — which the royals have not exercised in any assertive way for a long time. Centuries, in fact. → Read More
Milan fashion houses are hitting the wrong advertising note
Milan fashion houses are finding that their dramatic styles and remarkable statements are looking threadbare. → Read More
There’s a renaissance on the African continent that the U.S. can’t afford to dismiss
Ethiopia is the latest nation where an international aviation accident is in sharp focus, but the country itself is treated merely as the hazy backdrop and tragic context for a larger geopolitical story. This one involves Boeing, China trade wars and the credibility of American regulatory institutions. → Read More
President Donald Trump, global peacemaker. Really.
Even though he walked away from a bad deal with North Korea, a more normalized and peaceful exchange with Pyongyang now exists and a missile testing moratorium is still in place. That’s a good thing. → Read More
Merkel, and the rest of Europe, are through with Trump
President Trump has gone far beyond previous presidents’ cajoling and criticism of Europe’s partial free-riding. He openly expresses his disdain and even called the European Union one of America’s greatest “foes.” → Read More
Trump’s foreign policy is pushing allies into China and Russia’s waiting arms
The United States now watches agog as, one-by-one, the global chess pieces get moved and America keeps losing its partners and its pawns. → Read More
Quest for the Fountain of Youth remains a continually updated story
Here’s an alternative: Live a happy life, love, practice random acts of kindness, drink in moderation and don’t smoke. It’s a lot easier than getting stuck with either a needle or a big blood bill. → Read More
Brexit aside, Poland and Italy are Europe’s latest troublemakers
Poland’s unholy alliance with Italy’s similarly anti-Brussels, anti-immigrant, anti-foreigner, anti-everything populism brings a lot of riled-up Europeans to the table as game changers. → Read More
With Juan Guaidó seizing the presidency, Venezuela’s ‘Latin Spring’ is heating up
If the Trump administration blows this opportunity for real and needed change in Caracas, it could create the conditions not only for a further failing Venezuela, but for wider instability throughout Latin America. → Read More
An NBA player goes one-on-one with the petulant President Erdoğan
Turkish-American Knicks star Enes Kanter has called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the “Hitler of our century.” → Read More
Think doomsday scenarios are just some film fantasy? Think again.
The question of whether we humans could deal with a real and credible global threat to our species is both timely and real. → Read More