German Chancellor Angela Merkel is under considerable political pressure to fix Germany and Europe’s immigration problem within the next two weeks. Otherwise, Bavaria will start turning migrants back at the border and thus render a pan-European solution impossible. Today, she met French President Emmanuel Macron for talks and the…
Read MoreAs we forecast, the new policy on illegal immigration last week has unleashed considerable emotion, particularly among Trump’s opponents and immigration supporters and activists. Media coverage also continues to be egregiously bad. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer had a panel that very evening which, yet again, played the “short version” of last…
Read MoreBabies, Parents and The Press in the latest US immigration scandal Yet another “scandal” hit the headlines this week, one which provides yet another classic example of what the White House, often rightly, calls “fake news.” US attorney general Jeff Sessions justified a change in policy which separates children from…
Read MoreOnce again, a discussion on immigration is taking place in Europe. For the last few days, the new “populist” government in Italy has refused a berth to a ship called the Aquarius, which is carrying some 630 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Today, Valencia in Spain has said it would accept…
Read MoreChina’s Long-Term Strategy vs The West’s Civil War and Short-Termism While the effectively bankrupt West is tearing itself apart and undermining its society, economy and science, China is not just getting on with it, but forging ahead. A good starting point in understanding what is happening now, with all the…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s alleged description of Africa, El Salvador and Haiti as “shitholes” predictably led to global fury and accusations of racism. Trump would be well advised to refrain from such comments since they merely damage his standing and thus his power to get things done, but as usual, the resulting…
Read MoreDuring a panel discussion on 10 June 2017 with Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto, German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Obviously the main reason for people leaving must be addressed on site first, which means that putting up walls and cutting oneself off will not solve the problem. Well, yes,…
Read MoreThe decision of British Prime Minister Theresa May to call a snap general election for Thursday, 8 June 2017 has spectacularly backfired, but is just the latest in a series of catastrophic misjudgements by British prime ministers of both parties in the twenty-first century. Contrary to popular belief, it was…
Read MoreMuch hot air has been expended since President Trump announced on 1 June 2017 that the USA would withdraw from the December 2015 Paris accord. As is often the case, Trump is at least partially right, but in the welter of hype and hysteria, it is easy to overlook the…
Read MoreOne of the major issues in France’s forthcoming presidential election in April 2017, as well as across Europe and the US, is immigration. ESC believes that immigration will be increasingly curtailed across the West due to popular opposition and the inability of host countries to find work as the indigenous…
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