By Ivan Krastev* – The New York Times Donald Trump’s former Svengali is palling around the Continent with a far-right Hungarian prime minister. How does this end? “If there’s an explosion or fire somewhere, Steve is probably nearby with some … Continue reading →

Editorial – The Observer* Leadership has been sadly missing, from the Genoa bridge collapse and Turkey’s financial plight to Trump’s US A pledge by Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, to resign if his new plan to combat drugs and violence … Continue reading →

Kofi Annan departed on the journey of no return By José Ramos-Horta* Tributes are pouring in from all over the world. I do not wish to repeat what surely is being written and spoken by many in more eloquent and … Continue reading →

By Anders Wijkman* Looking at ecological and economic realities, time has come for demanding a new development model, one that fits our time and circumstances. The current model – the economy in particular – was designed and developed in an … Continue reading →

Robert J. Burrowes*  There is almost unanimous agreement among climate scientists and organizations – that is, 97% of over 10,000 climate scientists and the various scientific organizations engaged in climate science research – that human beings have caused a dramatic … Continue reading →

Editorial – The Independent, UK Blaming EU budget constraints is plainly wrong: planned improvement works that could have averted the collapse were bitterly opposed by one of the government coalition parties Shameless even by their own low standards, the gang … Continue reading →

Lucy Handley – CNBC.com More than 300 U.S. newspapers are running editorials Thursday that promote press freedom to counter Donald Trump’s attacks on the media, in a move coordinated by The Boston Globe. President Trump has often attacked some media … Continue reading →

By Kate Kizer* – The Nation Maybe it’s time to ask, ‘With friends Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who needs enemies?’ Though August is supposed to be slow for news, the young month has already seen two extraordinary events. Both … Continue reading →

By Roy Morrison – EcoCivilization Local action on climate is both an essential and available path for ecological transformation. Local action does not require permission from Washington or from Paris. Action overcomes despair. Local action and planning for sustainability is … Continue reading →

By Slawomir Sierakowski* – Project Syndicate After passing a controversial law proscribing any mention of Polish complicity in crimes committed by the Nazis in World War II, Poland’s populist government is now backpedaling. But as a new amendment shows, history … Continue reading →

Alex Lockie – Business Insider US The dire state of Turkey’s economy may be a consequence of a diplomatic misunderstanding between the country’s president and Donald Trump. Trump met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at a July NATO summit, and reportedly … Continue reading →

By APA News Egyptian-French economist Samir Amin died Sunday afternoon in Paris (France) from lung cancer at the age of 86, APA has learned from sources.“Samir was evacuated to Paris on July 31, 2018 from Dakar. Saturday he was able … Continue reading →

By Gordon N. Bardos* – The Nation Did Montenegro’s NATO accession increase the collective defense of the West or merely protect a corrupt regime? When Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently asked President Donald Trump why the United States should … Continue reading →

Opinion by Michael Rothbaum* – Haaretz  Just because white Jews are ethnically white doesn’t mean we, as individuals or as a state, should be ethically white. Adopting Trump and Netanyahu’s ethnic superiority and nationalism means sacrificing core Jewish values In Portland, … Continue reading →

Barbora Cernušáková*, Opinion – Newsweek Next week, the head of Poland’s Supreme Court, Chief Justice Malgorzata Gersdorf, will go to work as usual, but her week is likely to be anything but normal. Judge Gersdorf was catapulted into the spotlight … Continue reading →

Jonathan Watts* Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a “hothouse” state beyond … Continue reading →

The Courier, HTC,  Pacific Rim World News A right-wing pro-government newspaper has criticized a hugely popular exhibition of her work at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest for “promoting communism”. The criticism comes as part of a wider national debate … Continue reading →

Ian Buruma* – Project Syndicate The reputed mastermind of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has launched a full-scale effort to unite Europe’s right-wing forces and bring down the European Union. But, as with European fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, the … Continue reading →

By Marianne Lavelle* –  InsideClimate News Despite having unprecedented influence in Washington to achieve a fossil fuel-first agenda, conservative interests are eyeing events outside the Beltway with unease When climate science deniers and fossil fuel evangelists met Tuesday in New … Continue reading →

Daniel Boffey and Saeed Kamali Dehghan (*) – The Guardian Federica Mogherini urges Europeans to increase business with Tehran despite US threats The EU is set on a collision course with Donald Trump after its foreign policy chief called for … Continue reading →