By Fazlul Haq* – The Conversation In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Thirty years on, that prediction is being tested in one of...

By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. S. Davies* – Common Dreams Under the influence of the neocons, Democrats and Republicans alike have marched America into one disaster after another, in a vain effort to defy the economic tides by which all great powers rise and fall. Trump and his team...

By Thalif Deen* – Inter Press Service (IPS) UNITED NATIONS – The US State Department, in a wide-ranging political re-structuring of its policies, will eliminate 132 domestic offices, lay-off about 700 federal workers and reduce diplomatic missions overseas. The proposed changes will also include terminating some of the funding for...

By Hall Gardner* – The Realist Review The time for negotiations with China is now… I. A Dangerous Tariff War The US and China are heading for a clash if the Trump administration does not rapidly alter its “Peace through Strength” stance toward China―the administration should be talking more about...

By Ngaire Woods* – Foreign Affairs How the International System Can Survive a Hostile Washington In a remarkably short time, the second Trump administration has upended many of the precepts that have guided international order since the end of World War II. President Donald Trump has rapidly redefined the U.S....