The dictator Isaias Afwerki wants better relations with Washington. The post American Sanctions Didn’t Improve Eritrea’s Brutal Government appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs American Sanctions Didn’t Improve Eritrea’s Brutal Government The dictator Isaias Afwerki wants better relations with Washington. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) Eritrea’s dictator, Isaias Afwerki, hopes for reconciliation with Washington. The northeastern African state, sometimes called the North Korea of Africa, is one of the world’s most reclusive, impoverished, and repressive states. However, its leader apparently hopes for better times. No doubt, Asmara needs financial support, given its disastrous dirigiste policies and Eritrea’s forbidding economic conditions. According to…Open
Zia Yusuf, Shadow Home Secretary for Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, has warned that Labour's immigration policies under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's expected successor, Andy Burnham, will exacerbate Britain's immigration crisis.
Zia Yusuf, Shadow Home Secretary for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, has warned that Labour’s immigration policies under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s expected successor, Andy Burnham, will exacerbate Britain’s immigration crisis. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Reform UK’s Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf, has criticized Labour’s immigration plans, warning that Sir Keir Starmer’s likely successor as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, will worsen Britain’s immigration crisis. In a Sunday video statement shared on social media, Yusuf warned that Burnham intends to relocate over 10,000 asylum seekers from countries like Sudan and Eritrea, whose nationals are disproportionately convicted of violent and sexual offenses. DETAIL:…Open
Voluntary isolation has proven a more durable model than the prophets of globalism predicted. The post The Survival of the Hermit Kingdoms appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Survival of the Hermit Kingdoms Voluntary isolation has proven a more durable model than the prophets of globalism predicted. As Iran teeters either on the brink of a war with a vastly superior power or the risk of making a peace deal on extremely unfavorable terms, it is worth looking for comparison’s sake at the comparatively strong position of Kim Jong Un and other so-called hermit kingdoms with that of the more interventionist and even global approval–seeking government in Tehran. Winding back the clock from the present moment might be a helpful framing device here. Japan once…Open