Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Interwar echoes and the risk of great power war

By Hall Gardner — Meer

Today’s geopolitical tensions echo the interwar period, with Eastern Europe forming a contested shatterbelt region between rival powers. The article argues that current US-NATO-EU alliances facing Russia and China parallel historical great-power rivalries that preceded both world wars, with Ukraine occupying a pivotal position similar to interwar Poland.

23 Oct 2026 · 16 min read
Civil Society

Europe’s hot autumn

By Lindsey German — Brave New Europe

Mass youth protests sweep across Europe demanding better education, housing, and economic conditions, rejecting neoliberalism and facing severe police crackdowns. The movements represent working-class resistance to systemic inequality and require broader labor solidarity to challenge the ruling order.

21 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

The Attraction of the Far Right in Brazil

By Sahasranshu Dash, Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de Barros — Foreign Policy In Focus

By Sahasranshu Dash*, Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de Barros** – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Bolsonarismo lives on despite the incarceration of its leader. If Flávio Bolsonaro wins the presidential run-off in Brazil on October 25, he would extend the region’s run of Trump-aligned…

21 Oct 2026 · 9 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

A Framework for Peace in Ukraine

By Jeffrey D. Sachs — Common Dreams

A proposed settlement framework aims to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict through Ukraine’s permanent neutrality, EU membership as a neutral state, an armistice line along current contact positions, and NATO’s halt to eastward enlargement, with implementation under international verification and guarantees from Security Council permanent members.

20 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Sustainable Development

France’s Debt: Can Europe Reform What It Has Built?

By Kenneth M. Stokes — Article sent to Other News by the author

France’s public debt has risen sharply to 119 percent of GDP, reviving fiscal discipline demands. However, the country’s difficulties stem partly from eurozone monetary arrangements that France cannot independently change, requiring broader European economic reform rather than Paris-only solutions.

20 Oct 2026 · 9 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Europe in a Multipolar World

By Jeffrey D. Sachs — Article sent to Other News by the author

Economist Jeffrey Sachs warned European Parliament members that the world faces dangerous geopolitical shifts driven by Asia’s economic rise, particularly China’s recovery to global economic prominence. He urged Europe to pursue peace diplomacy rather than military confrontation, cautioning that current war rhetoric and failed American leadership threaten global stability.

19 Oct 2026 · 72 min read