Armed conflictsmilitarizationViolence 5 min readCivil War in Afghanistan Will Threaten Afghanistan, China and Pakistan 24 June 20210By Vijay Prashad * – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The United States, which has prosecuted a war against Afghanistan since October... Read More
Armed conflictsIntelligenceInternational relationsmilitarizationViolence 4 min readUS Withdrawal From the Middle East 22 June 20210By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The United States is withdrawing air defense capabilities from several Arab countries, including Saudi... Read More
DemocracyDiplomacyInternational relationsmilitarization 6 min readWhy Democracies in G7 & NATO Should Reject U.S. Leadership 16 June 20210By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies (*) – CODEPINK The world has been treated to successive spectacles of... Read More
Armed conflictsHuman RightsmilitarizationRadical extremismViolence 4 min readDoctor-Activist Defiant Against Myanmar Military 15 June 20210By Tommy Walker – Voice of America MAE SOT, THAILAND – When Myanmar’s military shocked the world by announcing a... Read More
Armed conflictsHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesmilitarizationRadical extremismViolencexenofobia 3 min readUN warns of ‘mass deaths’ in Myanmar after 100,000 flee fighting 10 June 20210By Al Jazeera UN says people fleeing military’s ‘brutal, indiscriminate attacks’ in eastern Kayah are in dire need of food... Read More
DiplomacyEconomy / FinanceInternational CooperationInternational relationsmilitarizationPolitics 4 min readJoe Biden’s mission at the G7 summit: to recruit allies for the next cold war 8 June 20210By Rafael Behr* – The Guardian The US risks being superseded by China as the prime global power within decades.... Read More
Armed conflictsCorruptionHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesIntelligencemilitarizationRacismRadical extremismViolence 3 min readThe Guardian view on Israel’s new coalition: not yet a new era 4 June 20210Editorial The ousting of Benjamin Netanyahu, if it occurs, will be an opportunity. But Naftali Bennett’s government will struggle to... Read More
Human RightsmilitarizationRadical extremism 4 min readAn anti-Netanyahu coalition government would suggest Israelis are ready for change 2 June 20210By Dahlia Scheindlin* – The Guardian A government led by Naftali Bennett would not be progressive, but political paralysis has... Read More
Armed conflictsHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesmilitarizationPoliticsRadical extremismViolencexenofobia 6 min readRise of armed civilian groups in Myanmar fuels fears of full-scale civil war 1 June 20210By Journalists from The Guardian* Dozens of grassroots people’s defence forces have emerged to take on brutal military Myanmar is... Read More
DiplomacyHistoryInternational relationsmilitarizationPolitics 4 min readA Russian Move in Europe 1 June 20210By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures Russia and the European Union held a conference last week, during which Russian Foreign... Read More