By Imran Khalid* –  Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) Trump’s threats don’t address the deeper problems facing U.S. manufacturing. Donald Trump, a man who never shied from bold declarations, has once again turned the global stage into a theater of economic brinkmanship. His target: the BRICS coalition, a bloc of...

By Arjun Vohra – Geopolitical Monitor The Sudan civil war has done more than devastate lives – it has dismantled the very systems that sustain them. Agriculture, once the backbone of the nation’s economy and a lifeline for millions, has been brought to its knees by years of violence. Yet...

By Amnesty International* –  Scheerpost Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report published today.   The report, ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s...

By Will Freeman* – Foreign Affairs Guns, Drugs, and Migration Have Destabilized the Region—and Fed Dysfunction in Washington To the extent that foreign crises helped shape the outcome of November’s U.S. presidential election, it wasn’t the ones in Gaza and Ukraine that had the strongest effect. It was, instead, those...

By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J.S. Davies* – Common Dreams While hope remains that the agreement in Lebanon might set the stage for a cease-fire in Gaza, Israel’s actions on the ground tell a different story. On November 26th, Israel and Lebanon signed an agreement for a 60-day truce, during...