By Walden Bello* – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) International law has been replaced by the principle of might makes right. In the second year of Donald Trump’s second term, beginning with the kidnaping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 2, 2026, followed by the…
Editorial / Analysis – The Guardian The economic fallout of the US-Israeli assault and Tehran’s retaliation is spreading fast, and pushing the most vulnerable towards disaster. Soaring prices at the pump, the scrapping of mortgage deals, and the prospect of higher prices for…
By Ariela Ruiz Caro* – Mira: Feminisms and Democracies A week after the treacherous joint military intervention by the United States and Israel in Iran, in the midst of negotiations, President Trump gathered the heads of state of his backyard, ideologically aligned with him, at…
By Peiman Salehi* – The Cradle The US-Israeli war was meant to fracture Iran along ethnic lines. Instead, the opening phase of the assault suggests Washington misunderstood a key reality: diversity does not equal fragility.
By Rameen Siddiqui* – Modern Diplomacy If the richest, highest-capacity countries can’t maintain commitment when challenging, what hope exists for poorer countries facing greater obstacles? The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released its 2026 Europe Sustainable…
By Jamal Kanj* – CounterPunch American taxpayers are still hemorrhaging from the made-for-Israel war in Iraq, a war audaciously offered as one that would “pay for itself.” Instead, it was paid in Iraqi and American blood, ruins, and financed by American debt. The promised…
By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – Meer Imperial decline, religious war, and the dangerous transformation of Middle East geopolitics. To understand the qualitative leap of the ongoing catastrophe in the Middle East and the process that could transform it into a global catastrophe…
Pape* – Foreign Affairs America and Israel may have bitten off more than they can chew. The first hours of Operation Epic Fury—the joint U.S.-Israeli military offensive against Iran, launched on February 28—demonstrated the extraordinary reach of modern precision warfare.
By Janet Abou-Elias* and William D. Hartung* – TomDispatch How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk. “I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us,” said Alex Karp, the CEO of…
By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J.S. Davies* – Common Dreams We must remember: Under international law, aggression is not just another war crime—it is the gravest crime of all.
