Sustainable Development

Toxic waste of war on Gaza reached Israel

By Dianne Woodward — Aljazeera

Israeli authorities have established a working group on sanitation after recognizing that environmental destruction in Gaza—including untreated sewage and contaminated rubble—threatens Israeli public health through shared water systems and coastal ecosystems.

2 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

DEVNET JAPAN – “Strengthening Japan-India Relations”

Prime Minister Takaichi’s July visit to India marked a major milestone in Japan-India relations, with both nations signing 129 cooperation agreements targeting semiconductors, critical minerals, clean energy, and AI to build supply chains independent of China while addressing India’s structural economic challenges including employment generation and energy vulnerability.

2 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

DEVNET JAPAN – The Transformation of the Security Environment and the UN’s Moment of Trial

Major world powers increasingly compete through unrestricted warfare—cyberattacks, disinformation, economic coercion, and hybrid threats—that traditional military rankings fail to capture. The UN must develop concrete operational frameworks to enforce accountability across these domains or risk a chaotic international order where no nation remains secure.

2 Sep 2026 · 3 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Plaguing the Americas with Misery in the Name of Liberty

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies — CounterPunch

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies* – CounterPunch Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, “The United States appear(s) to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For 200 years, US leaders have never…

1 Sep 2026 · 11 min read
Human Rights

The Forgotten US-Backed Genocide Of East Timor

By Nate Bear — ¡Do Not Panic!

Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in 1975, supported by the United States, killed approximately 40 percent of the population through systematic massacres, forced displacement into concentration camps, and engineered famine over 24 years until 1999.

1 Sep 2026 · 12 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

The looming failure of Operation Economic Outcast

By Jeffrey D Sachs and Sybil Fares — Al Jazeera

Pakistan and China have rejected new US sanctions on Iran, undermining Washington’s “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign. Experts argue the sanctions lack international legal basis and will likely fail given historical precedent and geopolitical complications, particularly involving China’s rare earth exports.

31 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
Human Rights

Volodymyr Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruption

By Stefan Wolff and Tetyana Malyarenko — The Conversation

Ukraine marked independence day amid a major corruption scandal involving top officials, with former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov challenging President Zelensky over systemic governance failures. The pattern of elite corruption has persisted through revolutions and now undermines Ukraine’s war effort, with recent high-profile cases involving procurement fraud and asset concealment.

28 Aug 2026 · 6 min read