By Tom O’Connor* – Newsweek The alleged Israeli attack on Iran’s Embassy in Syria that killed several officials, including senior military personnel, has drawn strong condemnations and warnings of the potential for severe escalation in the already fraught regional security…
Arthur Neslen* – The Guardian Environmental pledges are being shredded to please agribusiness and appease extremists. It’s a terrible mistake The EU’s great green deal cave-in has been nothing less than spectacular.
By Sulaiman Hakemy* – The National, UAE Israel’s air strike on an Iranian diplomatic mission takes the laws of war into uncharted territory Since the end of the Second World War, diplomatic missions around the world have been attacked at least 800 times, according to data…
By Ralph Nader* – Common Dreams Public dissatisfaction with the dictatorial decision-making by the White House and the absence of congressional action is growing rapidly President Joe Biden has long had a problem with PEACE—as in “cease-fires,” “serious peace negotiations,” and…
By Comfort Ero* – Foreign Affairs Not so long ago, policymakers in Washington and other Western capitals gave little apparent thought to the possibility that the rest of the world might hold opinions distinct from their own. There were some exceptions: governments that the…
By Raymond Robertson* – The Conversation Small changes to U.S. trade policy could significantly reduce the number of migrants arriving at the southern border, according to our peer-reviewed study, which was recently published in The World Economy. Our research delved into the…
By William Lambers* – Newsweek Humanitarian workers are extremely frustrated that the conflict and hunger in Sudan is hardly getting any media attention. The civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has gone on for almost a year…
By Chris Hedges* – ScheerPost Prosecutors representing the United States, whether by design or incompetence, refused — in the two-day hearing I attended in London in February — to provide guarantees that Julian Assange would be afforded First Amendment rights and would be spared…
By Patrick Mazza* – CounterPunch website The converging crises facing our world today shout out the fact that their roots are systemic. Tinkering around the edges won’t solve these problems, because they are embedded in the systems logic itself.
By Alon Pinkas* – The Guardian The UN vote for a Gaza ceasefire shows Biden’s administration has finally lost patience with Israel’s leader. That could be crucial How do you gaslight an entire nation about a war and then try to do the same to a superpower that is your ally?
