By Jamie Dettmer* – Politico Russia insists on terms to end the war that spell the end of democratic Ukraine, and has followed up the Trump call with an assault on Kyiv. “Plan A is: Get the shooting to stop,” said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday, noting...

By Dan DePetris* – Responsible Statecraft He appears to be racking up wins through pure aggression, but history shows that these tactics lose juice over time. For successive U.S. administrations, the big region below the American southern U.S. border was considered a bit of a backwater. Sure, there were a...

By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – MEER All normality induces and tolerates a certain type of extremism. Beyond a certain limit, either extremism is neutralized or extremism establishes a new normal. Normalcy in the US is compliance with the Constitution, and, as far as international relations are concerned, it is...

By Marika Sosnowski* – The Conversation Trump allowing Israel to operate in ways that were off limits under previous US presidents When a ceasefire in the war between Hamas and Israel finally came into effect on January 19, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief.  However, that ceasefire agreement...

By Veronica Cardenas* – The Guardian US immigration has become a machine of surveillance and fear. We’re already seeing the consequences This month marks 22 years since the creation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). Created in the wake of 9/11 under the guise of national security, Ice was supposed...