The US military campaign against Iran has depleted American weapons stockpiles and exposed the limits of military force in achieving political objectives, significantly eroding US leadership credibility with allies and reducing its capacity to project power globally.
Italian journalist Roberto Savio proposes an ironic “Alternative Nobel Prize” for Donald Trump to highlight how his policies have inadvertently strengthened global commitment to democracy, renewable energy, international law, and European strategic independence—turning unintended consequences into a powerful message about values under threat.
BRICS faced its first major geopolitical test over the Iran war, with internal divisions between Iran and the UAE preventing a joint communiqué at New Delhi’s Foreign Ministers meeting. The expanded bloc’s heterogeneous membership revealed inherent limits to consensus on contentious security issues.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs fordert Kanzler Merz auf, sofortige Friedensgespräche mit Putins Russland zu führen, da Europa in einen offenen Krieg abgleitet. Sachs wirft Deutschland vor, seine einzigartige diplomatische Macht nicht zu nutzen und stattdessen Eskalation zu beschleunigen.
Bogota’s new metro system, built entirely by Chinese companies, exemplifies China’s growing infrastructure dominance in Latin America through electric transport and clean technology projects. As regional countries prioritize economic benefits and reject Cold War divisions, the U.S. should compete rather than coerce China’s involvement in the region.
By Tim Schwab* – The Nation Fully reckoning with Bill Gates means not just focusing on how he treats women—vital as that is—but also confronting our own deep-seated worship of wealth and hardwired belief in hero narratives When the news first broke that Bill and Melinda French…
By Roberto Savio* People, planet and prosperity Italy has been given, for 2021, the Chairmanship of the Group of 20, which gather the 20 most important countries of the world. They represent, on paper, 60% of the world population, and 80% of the World’s Gross Domestic Product.
Michael von der Schulenburg* Although almost unnoticed today, 75 years ago, on 24 October 1945, the probably most important international treaty, the United Nations Charter, came into effect. Its aim was not only to end WWII, but to save, once and for all, succeeding generations…
By Federico Mayor* Five years after the Agreement of Paris on climate Change and the Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the Agenda 2030 (Sustainable Development Goals), the measures adopted have not been implemented, with a very severe irreversible lack in our…
By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores (*) Election season is a difficult time to develop good policies towards Latin America, since both Democrats and Republicans cater to the small, but organized, conservative factions of the Latinx community in Florida, vying for their…
