WIReCast Sam Buisman

With markets in turmoil, trade wars raging, the coronavirus spreading, and investors in a panic, WIRe Staff Writer Cormac O’Harrow sat down with Dr. Mark Copelovitch, an expert on international political economy, to figure out what’s happening with the global economy. Can the economic airplane regain its lost altitude, or should its passengers run for the parachutes?



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The American Wealth Tax: can we learn a thing or two from Europe?

https://thewire.wisc.edu/2020/01/26/the-american-wealth-tax-can-we-learn-a-thing-or-two-from-europe/

How China’s Censorship is Affecting the Global Economy

https://thewire.wisc.edu/2020/01/24/how-chinas-censorship-is-affecting-the-global-economy/

Cryptocurrency: Challenges & Opportunities

https://thewire.wisc.edu/2020/02/29/cryptocurrency-challenges-opportunities/

With the primaries now in full swing, WIReCast regular Ryan Thiele and Sam take a deep dive into the foreign policy platforms of the top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates and rate each on their merits.

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The American Wealth Tax: can we learn a thing or two from Europe?

COP25 Provides Final Opportunity for Climate Change Prevention

WIRe Editors Emily Wurst and Ryan Thiele join Sam to unpack and analyze the unrest in Southern America, from the mountains of Bolivia to the, well, mountains in Chile as well.

Sam is joined by not just one but TWO editors from the WIRe, Emily Janicik and Ryan Thiele, to tackle further Brexit complications, this whole Syria mess and the escalation of protests in Hong Kong.

After a summer hiatus, the WIReCast returns with Editor Daniel Zaydman joining Sam to discuss the US troop pullout of Syria and the implications of Portuguese elections for the EU. Also, Dr. Sara McKinnon comes on the WIRe to discuss her research on how necro-political U.S. media patterns create the pretext for American interventionism in Mexico.

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Why the U.S. Has No Good Options: The Failures of the American Counterinsurgency Against the Taliban

“Winning” Parties in the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections

Contentious Partnership: The U.S. Military Withdrawal from Syria

Now that the dust has settled after the April 9 Israeli snap elections, Editor Emily Wurst and Sam take a deep dive into the country’s successive challenge of building a governing coalition. The pair also take on the recent unrest in Venezuela and how its intra-state power struggles affect allegations of U.S. imperialism.

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Is Another Gaza War Inevitable?

Israeli Prime Minister and his Legal Woes

Guaidó V. Maduro: What Happened and What is Next?