RACHEL GLENNERSTER / SEEMA JAYACHANDRAN (*) – Foreign Affairs Rich Countries Should Increase Their Spending on Green Projects in Poor Countries o matter where they come from, greenhouse gas emissions make climate change more dangerous for the entire planet. This signature…
Sachs* – Common DreamsThere are three basic problems with the CIA: its objectives, methods, and unaccountability. Its operational objectives are whatever the CIA or the President of the United States defines to be in the U.S. interest at a given time, irrespective of…
By Lili Bayer* – The Guardian President’s resignation shines light on gap between government’s behaviour and rhetoric as country prepares for local and European elections A scandal rocking Hungarian politics is exposing Viktor Orbán’s vulnerabilities and testing his opposition…
By Jonathan Watts* – The Guardian Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and…
By Yanis Varoufakis*- Project Syndicate/ Naked Capitalism Of all European politicians who never led their countries, Jacques Delors and Wolfgang Schäuble had the greatest impact on Europe. Between them, the two men, who passed away within a day of each other in December, shaped…
Editorial – The Guardian It is hard to believe that life could get worse for Palestinians there – but there is every sign that it will The last refuge is no longer a refuge. Around half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have found some kind of shelter in Rafah, often under canvas…
By Robert Misik* – Social Europe/ IPS VIENNA, Austria, Feb 9 2024 – A bloodbath is taking place in the Middle East, and yet, the world is embroiled in absurd debates. One is tempted to say, paraphrasing Marx: here the tragedy, there the farce.
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies On February 7, 2024, a U.S. drone strike assassinated an Iraqi militia leader, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, in the heart of Baghdad.
Sachs* – Common DreamsThe $61 billion will make no difference on the battlefield except to prolong the war, the tens of thousands of deaths, and the physical destruction of Ukraine. President Joe Biden is refusing to fold a losing hand as he bets with Ukrainian…
By Daniel Larison*- Responsible Statecraft/IPS WASHINGTON DC, Feb 7 2024 – The Biden administration continues to deny any connections between the war in Gaza and the ongoing conflicts involving U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. The White House’s…
