Was there more to World Chess Federation president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s recent trips to Libya than meets the eye? Trinity College professor and author Vijay Prashad thinks so. The professor sees Ilyumzhinov’s visits as evidence of a larger struggle—a new cold war between the established G7 countries and the up and coming BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, … Continue reading Libya: Battleground in a New Cold War?