Multilateralism & Unilateralism

BRICS: A More Powerful Non-Aligned Movement

By Uroš Lipušcek* – Consortium News The Global South today possess economic power on a scale the Non-Aligned Movement didn’t have during the Cold War. The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi over the weekend may well prove to be an important milestone in the gradual transformation of…

Thought & Society

The Blind Leading the Sighted: Trump Meets the AI Emergency

Sachs* – Common Dreams What the US president exhibits is a fundamental incompetence that places us all in grave danger. On Sunday the President of the United States stood on a golf course in County Clare, Ireland and was asked what he intended to do about the most serious…

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DEVNET – The Emergence of “Mythos” and National Security Policy in the Age of AI—Successive AI Incidents and a New Mission for the United Nations—

Anthropic and OpenAI leaders warn that advanced AI systems pose serious cybersecurity and information warfare threats, urging the industry to slow capability development, implement independent safety oversight and establish international cooperation standards to prevent potential damage to critical infrastructure and democratic institutions.

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September 11 and the End of the American Dream

The author, present in New York during the September 11 attacks, traces how the event shattered American confidence and contributed to the erosion of the American dream through subsequent failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, economic deregulation, and the 2008 financial collapse.

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The Houthis’ escalation in Yemen could flop

Houthi forces have advanced along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, capturing strategic territory including Perim Island and threatening the vital Bab al-Mandeb strait. The offensive, driven by Houthi desires for stronger negotiating leverage and the Gaza conflict, risks unifying a US-led coalition that could escalate regional tensions and prolong Yemen’s civil war.

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How 9/11 remade the Middle East

By Ronny P Sasmita* – Middle East Monitor Few events have altered the geopolitical trajectory of the Middle East as profoundly as 11 September 2001. The attacks on New York and Washington did not merely trigger an American military response.

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25 years of war was the exact wrong response to 9/11

The U.S. has spent over $21 trillion on military operations since 9/11, fueling global instability while China invested in infrastructure and technology, leaving Americans demanding the government redirect resources toward healthcare, education and domestic renewal instead of endless wars.

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The Iran war looms large as BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi

India faces significant divisions within BRICS ahead of this weekend’s New Delhi summit, with the Iran conflict splitting member states and complicating consensus-building efforts. India’s chairmanship success will depend on advancing economic cooperation initiatives while navigating geopolitical tensions among rival bloc members.