BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post In his first major policy address since joining the White House in April, national security adviser John Bolton offered a particularly aggressive demonstration of President Trump’s “America First” agenda. He threatened the International…
Simon Jenkins* – The Guardian Xenophobia is sweeping the continent. European agreement to address migration is vital The message is glaring from Sweden’s election result.
BY NATHANIEL RICH* – The Atlantic William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is brilliant, but it offers no comfort to its readers.
By Mona Ali Khalil, PassBlue* UNITED NATIONS, Sep 7 2018 (IPS) – It is entirely the United States’ prerogative to cut off its voluntary contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA. In her statements about why the Trump…
Luciana Porfirio, David Newth, John Finnigan (*) – The Conversation (**) Ending world hunger is a central aspiration of modern society. To address this challenge – along with expanding agricultural land and intensifying crop yields – we rely on global agricultural trade to meet…
Anonymous Op-Ed essay – The New York Times I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay.
AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES UN’s Martin Griffiths says ‘going to make it happen’ at Geneva talks despite rebel no-show. The UN’s special envoy to Yemen expressed confidence even though the first day of peace talks between rebels and the internationally recognised Yemeni…
Al Jazeera Laser-guided missile transfer to Saudi Arabia stopped amid increasing concerns for slain Yemeni civilians. Spain put the brakes on a sale of hundreds of missiles to Saudi Arabia amid concerns about their use against civilians in the war in Yemen. The defence ministry…
by Kul Chandra Gautam (nepa-laya, Kathmandu, 2018) Book review by Valerie Julliand, UN Resident Coordinator in Nepal Kul Chandra Gautam’s extraordinary memoir resonates on so many levels, depending on one’s perspective. I trekked through its more than 500 pages as a…
Why are you invited? As human being inhabitant of the Earth you are invited to act against the commodification and privatization of any life form.
