Shutting Down in Trumpland
It is a political idiosyncrasy that most political systems avoid: the state, as if suffering a stroke, operating at only partial capacity, incapable of paying […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Eyeing the Whitehouse: the Democratic Field
Not so much hunting season as declaratory season in US politics. The US presidential candidates from the Democratic side are making promises spiced with forced […]
Spy Theories and the White House: Donald Trump as Russian Agent
The level of absurdity in US politics has now reached such vertigo inducing levels as to render all manner of things permissible. Contact with the […]
No-Confidence Survivor: Theresa May and Brexit
Theresa May’s prime ministership remains one of torment, drawn out, and weakened daily. But does it really matter? If it is true to claim that […]
Trump, Bolton and the Syrian Confusion
It’s a messy, though typical picture. US President Donald Trump wants to pull out forces in Syria. When announced in December, jaws drooped and sharp intakes […]
Dances of Disinformation: The Partisan Politics of the Integrity Initiative
Is there such a plane of blissful, balanced information, deliberated and debated upon? No. Governments mangle; corporations distort. Interest groups tinker. Wars must be sold; […]
Ice Matters: A Meditation on Snow
Most speak of floods in the age of climate change, when the cooked and the roasted take precedence over the snowed in and the freezing, […]
Walled Off Options: Donald Trump, Mexico and the Democrats
New year occasions, given the pleasant fiction it entails, are times to change. Resolutions are made by that delightful species Homo sapiens, hope packaged for […]
Biting into Apple: The Giant’s Revenues Fall
The worm has gotten into Apple, and is feasting with some consistency. Revenue has fallen. Chief executive Tim Cook is cranky. The celebrated front of Apple’s […]
Brexit Armageddon
London, New Year’s Eve 2018. It is a very English middle-class trait: the world will end if the price of a certain lifestyle goes up. […]
The Hand that Won’t Sign the Paper: Adani’s Stalling Project
It should be a sign for this Indian giant, a company that has done much to illustrate the ethical and moral bankruptcy in Australia’s political […]
Cooking Books and Limiting Responsibility: The Goldman Sachs Playbook
Managing a bank will always be a more lucrative criminal enterprise than raiding one but this Brechtian styled analysis only goes so far. A closer […]
The Misuses of History: The Christmas 1914 Truce
All memorialised events, when passing into mythology, must be seen critically. In some cases, there should be more than a hint of suspicion. The Christmas […]
Orbán’s Latest Dance
Viktor Orbán of Hungary is not to be hectored to. Arching with fury at the EU’s September motion to sanction Hungary for bad behaviour under […]
Leaving Syria: President Trump’s Withdrawal
“The President announced an apparently impulsive decision that shook the world, showed little sign of nuanced consideration, confounded top advisers and by the end of […]