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Referendums and the Law: in both Catalonia and Kurdistan separatist local governments have been issued with adverse legal judgements attempting to stymie votes for separation. Both the Spanish and Iraqi governments have been walking the tightrope of stopping the vote...

Trump at the UN: there were several facets to his speech/interventions. North Korea was threatened – it reacted by raising the rhetoric further, claiming that this amounted to a declaration of war and that it will test a H-Bomb in the Pacific. Iran was...

Nations Parting: referendums in Catalonia and Iraq’s Kurdistan were both claimed as victories by the local politicians who called them. Surprisingly, given it is at peace and in the heart of Europe, Spain was the venue for violence related to the vote. Claims...

Catalonia/Spain: the fallout from the referendum vote continued, with the Spanish government facilitating and pressuring large companies (banks, utilities, infrastructure) to move their legal domicile outside of Catalonia. Protests for and against were large. The...

Trump Forces Congress: while achieving multiple aims simultaneously, Obama-era executive actions have been reversed, placing the burden upon Congress to legislate. This now covers the Dreamers (underage immigrants originally but with an ambiguous legal status now),...

Iraq: central government forces took back disputed territory from the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government. This included the crucial, due to its oil assets, Kirkuk area and other places occupied by the Kurds after beating back ISIS. The U.S. seemed to be guiding...