Richard Senneville

IS VLADIMIR PUTIN THE NEW ARCHAIC FACE OF EUROPE’S ENEMY?

Lotus Coffman, the fifth president of the University of Minnesota, said: “The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated people”. And Oliver Wendell Holmes, who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court…

French politician Laurent Wauquiez is a rushed version of Donald Trump

American journalist and satirist H. L. Mencken said: “The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he thinks to be idiots”. Since the election of Laurent Wauquiez as new head of “Les Républicains” party, which Nicolas Sarkozy…

The Future of Europe lies on its agriculture innovation

Philosopher Michio Kushi, who introduced modern macrobiotics to North America in the early 1950's, once said that “peace begins in the kitchens and pantries, gardens and backyards, where our food is grown and prepared”. If Europe persists with its current model of…

Why Trump’s decision on Jerusalem is bad news for Israel

After the U.S officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state, Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that Trump’s decision made a “historic day”. It might be indeed a turning point for the region, but for the worst.

Is Hassan Rouhani the reformist the West is desperately waiting for?

After firing back at Donald Trump on the nuclear deal, Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran since 2013, delivered a surprising speech to Parliament on December 10th 2017 in Tehran calling for more freedoms in the country. He declared: “People want the…