Conn Hallinan

Conn Hallinan can be read at dispatchesfromtheedgeblog.wordpress.com 

Middle East Chaos

Europe: the Danger of the Center

America’s New Nuclear Missile Endangers the World

Turkey’s Dangerous Referendum

A Foreign Policy of Delusion

Is Trump Moderating US Foreign Policy? Hardly

Blundering Into a War With China

Is Europe Heading for a “Lexit”?

The US Threatens Irish Neutrality

The Dangerous Diplomacy of Samantha Power

Turkey’s Coup: Winners & Losers

Dangerous Seas: China and the USA

The Big Boom: Nukes And NATO

The Brexit & Spain: Europe on the Edge?

Brexit Vote: a Very British Affair (But Spain May Rock the Continent)

The Spanish Challenge

A Very Brazilian Coup

European Union: a House Divided

Baiting the Bear: Russia and NATO

Terrorism: Then & Now

A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s Easter Rebellion

Socialists Rain On Spain

Irish Shillelagh Austerity

Irish Voters Will Grade Austerity

Europe’s Left: Triumph or Trap?

Hillary and the Urn of Ashes

Spain Says “No”

An End to the Right’s Reign In Spain?

Why Did Turkey Shoot Down That Russian Plane?

Portugal: the Left Takes Charge

Saudi Arabia: a Kingdom Stumbles

Turkey, Erdogan and the Cost of Victory

A Plague Upon the House of Erdogan

Portugal: Europe’s Left Batting 1000

Europe’s Elections: a Coming Storm?

Europe’s New Barbarians

The US-Turkey Deal: a Disaster in the Making

Ukraine: Close to the Edge

Benghazi & Hillary: Missing the Real Story

Electoral Shock in Turkey

Middle East: Dark Plots Afoot?

The Yemen War

Kenya’s Sorrow: the US Connection

Yemen and the Congress of Reaction

Greece: Fascists At the Gate

Greece: Memory and Debt

Europe’s Debt: Lies & Myths

The Greeks Have Shaken the Pillars of the Temple

The Greek Earthquake

The 2014 “Are You Serious?” Awards