Multilateralism & Unilateralism

An Open Letter to NATO: The False Promise of Militarized Security

By Curtis F.J. Doebbler

NATO members spend over $1.3 trillion annually on military expenses while ignoring root causes of conflict like inequality and resource scarcity. The article argues that investing in healthcare, education, and international cooperation frameworks would generate greater security and economic growth than military spending.

9 July 2026 · 7 min read

Information & Communication

Hungary’s Public Broadcaster Goes Dark, Confessing ‘Years of Lies’

By Edit Inotai

By Edit Inotai* – Balkan Insight The state broadcaster abruptly halted news shows, admitting it ‘became a platform for spreading hatred and lies’ under Viktor Orban’s previous government and vowing to change. It took Hungary’s new government six weeks to deliver on one of its…

9 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Multilateralism & Unilateralism

US at 250: A time to return to the founders’ wisdom

By Jeffrey D. Sachs

On the 250th anniversary of American independence, scholar Jeffrey Sachs argues the US should return to founding principles of respecting global opinion, avoiding entangling alliances, and practicing mutual noninterference—rather than pursuing imperial interventions that have defined much of US foreign policy.

8 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Multilateralism & Unilateralism

How the US-Iran fight in the Strait of Hormuz can be resolved before it blows up the MOU

By Trita Parsi — tritaparsi

The U.S. and Iran have escalated military confrontations over competing interpretations of their Memorandum of Understanding regarding Strait of Hormuz transit, with Tehran demanding vessel coordination while Washington rejects exclusive Iranian control, risking the broader agreement if a compromise requiring dual notification to Iran and Gulf states cannot be revived.

8 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Order Through Mutilation

By Kenneth M. Stokes — Article sent to Other News by the author Why the West Cannot Defeat Iran

The article argues that Western military pressure, sanctions, and inspection demands have failed to constrain Iran because they treat complex societies as mechanical systems to be controlled rather than adaptive political ecosystems. This “structural stupidity” backfires when coercion strengthens Iranian resilience and regional networks, ultimately revealing the limits of unilateral hegemony in an interconnected world.

7 Jul 2026 · 11 min read

Human Rights

US knows UAE fueling war in Sudan but $1.4 trillion is getting in the way

By Elfadil Ibrahim

The Trump administration has issued warnings about imminent mass atrocities in Sudan’s El Obeid while taking limited action, allegedly due to the UAE’s promised $1.4 trillion U.S. investment despite Washington’s knowledge of Emirati arms supplies to the RSF paramilitary group.

7 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Can the World Still Work Together?

By Ramesh Jaura — rjaura

By Ramesh Jaura* – rjaura.substack.com Hamburg and the Future of International Cooperation “The United Nations was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.” – — Dag Hammarskjöld Eighty years after the founding of the United Nations, the…

6 Jul 2026 · 14 min read

Human Rights

Gaza’s 1,000 Days: The Ceasefire That Cannot Become a Peace

By MD Signal Editorial

A US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, formalized in October 2025, has stalled on disarmament requirements, leaving Gaza devastated with over 73,000 dead and rubble requiring 140 years to clear. The plan’s sequencing—requiring Hamas weapons surrender before Israeli withdrawal and reconstruction—remains frozen, with Israeli domestic politics and structural asymmetries in the UN mandate preventing progress.

6 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

Sustainable Development

Europe Is Burning: The Deadly Heatwave That Exposes the Criminality of Fossil Capitalism and the Economy of Genocide

By Michael Leonardi — CounterPunch Europe is on fire

Record heat waves across Europe have exceeded 40°C, killing thousands and overwhelming hospitals, with The Economist projecting 12,000 excess deaths. Scientists attribute the crisis to decades of fossil fuel emissions and warn of approaching uninhabitable wet-bulb temperatures in parts of southern Europe.

3 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Human Rights

Truth Amid the Rubble

Venezuela’s government has mounted a substantial earthquake relief response despite devastating destruction from June 24 tremors and years of U.S. sanctions that froze $30 billion in public assets, according to this analysis countering narratives of government failure and blocked humanitarian aid.

3 Jul 2026 · 9 min read