Angela Giuffrida – The Guardian Vessel may have broken international law by returning 108 people rescued from Mediterranean to Tripoli An operation in which an Italian towboat rescued more than 100 people in the Mediterranean and returned them to Libya… Continue Reading
By Nathan Gardels – The WorldPost (*) As the United States abandons the postwar multilateral system it once led, China is stepping into the breach, laying the groundwork for a post-American world order. We are already getting a glimpse of… Continue Reading
By John Scales Avery* – TRANSCEND Media Service Distributed on July 30, 2018 by Human Wrongs Watch “Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.” — Kenneth E. Boulding… Continue Reading
By Henry Siegman* – The Nation And what Trump’s America teaches us about Netanyahu’s Israel My first encounter with America was in 1942. That’s when my parents, my five siblings, and I landed in New York following a four-week trans-Atlantic… Continue Reading
By Rodger Baker* – Stratfor Highlights –In contrast to the ideas of some of its proponents, the liberal world order is not the destiny of all societies around the world. –Those seeking to implement such an order have failed because… Continue Reading
By William S. Becker* It did not take long for the media to begin calling Donald Trump the “Teflon Don”. His tendencies to violate all manner of norms, standards and common civilities were obvious even before his hat landed in the ring… Continue Reading
By Aaron Maté *- The Nation Does a broader public share this sense of crisis? No single act of Donald Trump’s presidency has engendered more criticism than his performance at the Helsinki summit with Vladimir Putin. For declining to endorse… Continue Reading
Damian Carrington* – The Guardian The remaining wilderness areas, mostly in the remote Pacific and at the poles, need urgent protection from fishing and pollution, scientists say Just 13% of the world’s oceans remain untouched by the damaging impacts of… Continue Reading
Amanda Holpuch* – The Guardian US likely to miss Thursday deadline to reunite 2,551 children with parents, due to disorganization, unclear rules and misinformation Donald Trump may have put an end to his family separation policy last month, but some… Continue Reading
By Chelsea Gohd* – Space.com It’s no secret that human activity is changing the climate, and one new study shows how our influence is seriously affecting Earth’s seasons and atmosphere. Climate change is much more than rising temperatures and… Continue Reading
Tyler Durden* – ZeroHedge Not backing off in the face of global opposition to US trade policy, voiced most recently in this weekend’s G-20 summit, President Trump on Tuesday praised his recent trade actions, tweeting that “tariffs are the greatest”,… Continue Reading
Fiona Harvey* – The Guardian Former Irish president’s initiative kicks off with podcasts pairing her with comedian Maeve Higgins Women around the world who are leading the fight against climate damage are to be highlighted by Mary Robinson, former president… Continue Reading
By John Feffer* – TomDispatch.com This might be the most self-defeating approach ever adopted by a modern American president. As presidencies approach their midpoints, pundits begin the inevitable search for that elusive creature: the doctrine. It’s often a quixotic quest,… Continue Reading
By Curtis Chin* Curtis Chin finds hope and faith on the road to democracy in Timor-Leste Every trip for me to the tiny Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste—known also as East Timor—has been special. Prior to July 2017, I had… Continue Reading
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as readers of Today’s WorldView well know, is perhaps Europe’s most outspoken illiberal leader. He’s reviled by many in the Western establishment for his demonization of migrants and… Continue Reading
Anup Sinha* – The Telegraph, India The recent imposition of trade tariffs by the United States of America and the beginnings of a full-fledged trade war, or the perception that Brexit is going to be beneficial to Britain’s national interests, are… Continue Reading
By MICHAEL MCFAUL* In my first year in Moscow, I witnessed the unraveling of the U.S.-Russia Reset firsthand. May 19, 2018. In the fall of 2012, for reasons that remain mysterious to me, it became clear that my family and… Continue Reading
By Basten Gokkon* – Pacific Standard Environmental experts warn that many of these projects could cause irreversible damage in highly biodiverse areas As governments in Southeast Asia target economic growth through infrastructure development, China, the world’s second-largest economy, has emerged… Continue Reading
Editorial – The Guardian Donald Trump was not adlibbing when he said his meeting with Putin might be the easiest part of his Europe trip. That was his intention too Before he left Washington last week for the Nato summit,… Continue Reading
By Alexander Zaitchik* – Foreign Policy Indigenous people, not environmentalists, are the key to protecting the world’s most precious ecosystems In February, a group of Cofán men dressed in dark tunics and bandoliers studded with forest seeds gathered around a… Continue Reading
