By Tamim Ansary * – The Guardian The US and British withdrawal has set off panic, but the truth is they were exacerbating the problem they were trying to solve Friends keep asking me to sign petitions urging President Biden to change his mind about withdrawing troops from…
By Tom Engelhardt* – TomDispatch Three-Quarters of a Century of Nuclear Follies — And That’s Just Where to Begin Yes, once upon a time I regularly absorbed science fiction and imagined futures of wonder, but mainly of horror. What else could you think, if you read H.G.
By Jacek Bartosiak * -Geopolitical Futures A theory used to explain the Peloponnesian War can also be applied to the growing tensions between the U.S. and China Roughly 2,400 years ago, Thucydides, a Greek historian and author of “History of the Peloponnesian War,”…
By John Scales Avery* A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the reasons why the institution of war continues to threaten human civilization and the biosphere, and the steps that might be taken to rid the world of war…
Sachs* – Project Syndicate An international and independent investigation to examine the alternative hypotheses is urgently needed, and the US and Chinese governments should cooperate fully and transparently with such an inquiry. In the meantime, scientists…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* Yet another ceasefire like so many others before it, in Israel’s colonial occupation of Palestine; yet another death count for the archives of oblivion; yet another occasion to ease the conscience of the international community, especially in North…
By Josh Collins – Organization for World Peace (*) A group of U.S. Senators have called on President Joe Biden to take “immediate and decisive action” in ending the Saudi Arabian blockade of essential items such as food, medicine, and fuel meant to aid Yemen. The conflict has…
By ReliefWeb* Download document (PDF | 785.39 KB) Summary The recent violent end of the ceasefire in Western Sahara means the EU and the UN should pay renewed attention to resolving the longstanding conflict between the native Sahrawis and Morocco. Various peace-making efforts…
By Mikhal Dekel* – Boston Review Not all research is at stake, however, only work that reveals the role of ethnic Poles in the persecution of Poland’s Jews. By This year, for the first time in history, an individual used Poland’s “Holocaust Law” to sue in a civil court.
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures Russia and the European Union held a conference last week, during which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a speech: “The situation remains rather alarming. Our common European continent is experiencing an…
