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The Stability of Foreign Policy Amid Political Chaos

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon stepped into the political and social chaos wrought by the Johnson administration and compounded it substantially. Hence, when I visited Europe during the late Nixon years, all of… Continue Reading →

Elections, History, Politics

USA 2020: does democracy still exist?

By Roberto Savio* The US is a hopelessly divided, and dysfunctional country Let’s take a look at the American elections which at this moment are important not only for the United States but also for the entire world. The American… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Elections, History, Inequality and Social Justice, Politics

In Search of a Solution to Russia’s Strategic Problem

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures Russian President Vladimir Putin described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe in history. Though it may not be true of all of history, it is certainly true of modern… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, History, Peace, Violence

How Ordinary People Can Save Their Country

By Ariel Dorfman* – The Atlantic One tiny mark on a ballot, and then one more, and then yet another forged a better, luminous collective future in a not so distant land. Can you recognize this country? In a momentous… Continue Reading →

Health, History, Human Rights, Neo-liberalism, Populism, Radical extremism

America, the panic room

By Thomas Frank* – Le Monde Diplomatique, English edition Both political parties in the US believe the other side is plotting a takeover of the nation that will end American democracy. The panic, fear, ranting and scolding has reached unbearable… Continue Reading →

authoritarianism, Civil rights, History, Populism, Radical extremism

Peace in the Middle East

By Roberto Savio* – Other News The creation of a Palestinian State remains a pipe-dream After the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, The League of Nations mandated that Britain administer Palestine. The London administration was… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, History, Immigration and Refugees, Peace, Populism, Racism, Radical extremism, Religion, Violence

Pushing the Reset Button will not Change the Game

By Jens Martens* Key messages of the Spotlight on Sustainable Development Report 2020 as September 25 is the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.   BONN, Sep 25 2020 (IPS) – Governments have responded… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Health, History

Stephen F. Cohen, (My Steve), 1938–2020

By Katrina vanden Heuvel* – The Nation A personal recollection of Stephen F. Cohen, who died on September 18 at the age of 81. I first “met” Steve through his 1977 essay “Bolshevism and Stalinism.” His cogent, persuasive, revisionist argument… Continue Reading →

History, Information & Communication, Politics

Occupying Palestine is rotting Israel from inside. No Gulf peace deal can hide that

By Raja Shehadeh – The Guardian Israel has twisted its laws and contorted its politics to protect the  occupation. The UAE and Bahrain deals won’t create peace More than a quarter of a century after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, History, Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, Populism, Radical extremism, Violence

‘Extreme Option: Overthrow Allende’

The National Security Archive –  George Washington University Edited by Peter Kornbluh —————————- Nixon’s “Make the Economy Scream” Order issued 50 years ago Genesis of Nixon’s Infamous Regime Change Directive on Chile Recorded in Declassified Documentation Washington, D.C., September 15, 2020… Continue Reading →

History, Human Rights, Intelligence, militarization, Radical extremism, Violence

Bolivia reverses years of progress with new draconian coca policy, supported by the EU

By Kathryn Ledebur, Linda Farthing and Thomas Grisaffi (*) – The Conversation Bolivia has seen widespread public protests in recent months against the interim government, led by Jeanine Añez, which has twice postponed elections due to coronavirus. Her government has repeatedly violated… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Commerce, Economy / Finance, History

The vernacular and the utopian

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* Consult any modern written language dictionary and you will come away with the conclusion that the vernacular and the utopian are opposing concepts. While the vernacular (from the Latin word vernaculus) means that which is… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, History, Politics

Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

By Giles Tremlett* – The Guardian During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators are finally facing justice The… Continue Reading →

History, Human Rights, Intelligence, Radical extremism, Terrorism, Violence

Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote

By Ayesha Sharma – The Guardian Voter disenfranchisement is an American tradition – we look at the historical roots of civil death Civil death is a form of punishment that extinguishes someone’s civil rights. It’s a concept that has been reshaped… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, History, Immigration and Refugees

A century-old treaty haunts the Mediterranean

By Ishaan Tharoor, with Ruby Mellen* –  The Washington Post A hundred years ago, French, British and Italian officials convened in a famous porcelain factory southwest of Paris to carve up the Ottoman Empire. The Treaty of Sèvres, signed Aug.… Continue Reading →

authoritarianism, History, Populism, Religion

Will Anti-Semitism Undermine the Black Lives Matter Movement?

By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek Black and Jewish activists say charges of anti-Semitism are being used to undermine the Black Lives Matter movement. Concerns about anti-Semitism in the Black community have been fueled by recent comments from Black celebrities, including… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, History, Inequality and Social Justice, Racism

The Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The British recently finished building two new aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales. Last week, Britain announced that one of the carriers would be based in the Pacific. Obviously, the… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, History, Neo-liberalism, Populism

THE SPECTRE OF THE BIG THREE

By Glauco Benigni* They are called Vanguard, Black Rock and State Street Global Advisor and they are the world’s 3 largest mutual funds. They are also known as asset managers or investment funds, operated by professional experts who collect “fresh”… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Development, Health, History

Russell-Einstein Manifesto

By Garry Jacobs and Donato Kiniger-Passigli (*) More needed now as it was then The Manifesto called for the governments of the world to abolish nuclear weapons Sixty-five years ago this week, Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell and nine other Nobel… Continue Reading →

History, Peace, Politics

The Problem Isn’t Just Police—It’s Politics

Alex Vitale, Scott Casleton (*) – Boston Review In this interview, sociologist Alex Vitale explains how the policing crisis in the United States begins with politics—the decision to embrace neoliberal austerity and to turn the social problems it creates over… Continue Reading →

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