International

Democracy: Or How to Choose a Candidate in United States Elections

by Prof. Dr. iur. et phil. Alfred de Zayas, Geneva School of Diplomacy

Current Introduction by the Author

(11/2020) As an American citizen I have voted in US elections since 1968. I once believed that the United States was a genuine democracy, the best in the world. It took me decades to realize that the voter never gets the chance to vote on the issues but is forced to choose between one of two candidates, each one of whom presents a platform, a conundrum of issues and programmes that do not have any internal coherence but result from the demands of lobbies and donors.

Is There A Coup Brewing In The US?

by Leonid Savin, geopolitical analyst and author of numerous books

In August, a curious document emerged in the US entitled “Preventing a Disrupted Presidential Election and Transition“. It was prepared by a group called the Transition Integrity Project, which includes more than one hundred current and former senior US officials alongside experts from various fields. The group announced that they had run crisis scenario exercises for the November 2020 elections, all of which had shown rather disappointing results.