John Metzler

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John J. Metzler is a longtime U.N. correspondent who has reported from fifty-five countries and regularly visits Europe and the Far East to observe national elections, conflicts, and economic development.

He is the author of Divided Dynamism; The Diplomacy of Separated Nations Germany, Korea and China (University Press of America, 1996). Mr. Metzler writes weekly for Free Press International.

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Peron’s socialism returns, Argentina’s success story fades

This didn’t have to happen. But blame toxic politics, the living legacy of the populist Peronist era, and the tipping point of the Corona pandemic, and you discover what is unraveling Argentina’s socio/economic fabric.

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‘Your papers please’: Vaccine passports

“Your papers Please,” has long been the customary greeting for people crossing borders, visiting many foreign countries, or sometimes even moving about cities under Covid “lockdown.”

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A September 11 Afghan pullout: Should we celebrate?

Is the Biden administration tone deaf? September 11th? We are out of Afghanistan by the very day global terrorists celebrate as the date they attacked America? That sinister date signals the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks and is not the time to send this message.

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Britain’s prince of steadfastness

A page has turned on the House of Windsor. Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 99 just short of his hundredth birthday.

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ISIS attacks town near LNG site on Mozambique’s coast

Storm clouds are gathering along Mozambique’s northern coast. Islamic State militants launched a coordinated and deadly assault on the town of Palma, nearby a multi-billion dollar natural gas complex being built by France’s Total energy.

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China's 'Congress' aims for great high tech leap past U.S.

Amid the theatrical fanfare and political pomp, China’s annual “National People’s Congress” met in Beijing to dutifully endorse the ruling Communist Party’s (CCP) vision for the future.

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Verbal angst at the UN but no action on Burma in China's backyard

More than a month after the military overthrew Burma’s elected government, the situation in the South East Asian country aka Myanmar remains “fragile and fluid,” according to the UN’s Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener.

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Syria’s decade of despair: 500,000 dead as conflict churns on

A decade has passed since the Syrian conflict began. More than 500,000 people have been killed and millions more displaced.

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Keystone to 'Brave New World' on both sides of Canadian border

When the new Biden Administration spoke grandly of “restoring America's place in the world,” that bold new relationship with Canada restarted with an insult.

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UN: Global economy facing biggest hit since Great Depression

Massive worldwide economic disruptions and setbacks continue as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, devastating commerce, industry and people’s livelihoods. And even with modest economic gains expected this year in many developed countries, the virus and vaccines to counter COVID will ultimately set the agenda for success or failure.

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WHO’s back, chortles Dr. Fauci? WHY?

Look, WHO’s back in Washington’s good graces!

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Wuhan virus crisis has wrecked global health, stability

The global pandemic has devastated health standards, the economy, and through stress and the undertow of uncertainty and hardships has affected the sanity of citizens worldwide. Lockdowns, arbitrary regulations, school closings are taking their toll on the social fabric.

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Xi celebrates year of the Wuhan virus, eyes transformative 2021

In a self-congratulatory and hubristic speech to the nation, China’s President and Communist Party supremo Xi Jinping praised the efforts of the People’s Republic to overcome the Wuhan virus and to create a powerful Chinese economy amid global downturns.

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Looking ahead to 2021; Jobama 3? A post-pandemic world?

Covid-19 changed everything. Our Lives, our Health, the Economy, the Election, and certainly our Future.

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How President Trump’s major Morocco-Israel diplomatic deal blindsided the black hats

In another stunning breakthrough for Middle East peace, the Kingdom of Morocco has recognized Israel.

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