Trump won’t change

What is in my view a halfhearted effort from Hillary Clinton’s camp to support recount is suddenly a bit of drama with tweets from Donald Trump like: In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally. In your opinion, how important or unimportant is this pos-telection episode, does this tell us something about the Trump’s approach to politics?

What is going on in South Korea?

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What is Fidel Castro’s legacy?

Fidel Castro (1926-2016).

EU or Shanghai bloc? What options does Erdogan have?

European Parliament votes to suspend talks with Turkey on EU membership. What’s next for Turkey? Read few comments.

Kleptocracy? Nepotism? Trump says the president can’t have a conflict of interest

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Why Merkel will (or won’t?) run for being the Chancellor?

There are huge speculations that Chancellor Angela Merkel may say on Sunday if she will run again for being the Chancellor. If she do this what is her biggest advantage and what about her biggest weakness in terms of attracting voters? Read few comments?

What could (perhaps, maybe) be a future of President Trump’s foreign policy?

In terms of foreign policy how do you see the debate in Donald Trump’s transition team and possible appointments of people like Gen. Mike Flynn for National Security Advisor or Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA chief? Do you see any hints which may tell us something about possible trends in future foreign policy of President Trump? Read few comments.

Steve Bannon in the White House: What does it mean for the white nationalist, alt-right scene

Stephen Bannon of Breitbart was just appointed as the chief strategist of President Donald Trump. In general what do you think about this appointment and what kind of effect it might have on white nationalist, alt-right scene in the US? Read few comments.

Paris attacks: We fight ISIS but what comes next?

On November 13,  2015 terrorists linked to Islamic State killed 130 people in Paris.

Politicians want to listen to the people after Trump’s victory. But it is not so easy

Many politicians in reaction on Trump’s victory claim that the lesson is that we have to listen to the people. It sounds good but what do you think should mainstream politicians do to counter this populist-extremist wave? Because it seems to me that their first instinct is that they will simply use more populistic rhetoric when talking to the people. Read few comments.