Jonathan Gornall* – Asia Times Right-wing politicians are peddling the false trope that migrants are taking ‘our’ jobs and housing In The Netherlands, a formerly fringe far-right party wins more seats in the Dutch general election than any other political group…
By Jasmin Gueta- Haaretz, Israel After Likud Minister Shlomo Karhi proposed financial penalties against Haaretz for what he termed ‘lying, defeatist propaganda,’ prominent journalists slam the Netanyahu government’s latest attack on the free press in Israel Israel’s…
By Newsroom – Modern Diplomacy More than 50 countries are supporting Ukraine. Yet Ukraine’s existential struggle in Europe’s largest war since 1945 currently hinges mainly on two countries.
By Paul Taylor* – The Guardian Enlargement may offer Europe greater security, but its price is change with daunting financial and political costs European Union leaders are coming around to the geopolitical necessity of embracing Ukraine, Moldova and western Balkan countries as…
By Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner (*) – Common Dreams With Palestinians, UN officials, humanitarian experts and internationally known genocide scholars naming Israel’s bombardment and blockade as genocide, the violence simply must stop. That is only possible…
Cas Mudde* – The Guardian Media complacency and outgoing PM Mark Rutte’s decision to campaign on immigration have created a political earthquake Two things were already clear months before Dutch election day: the Netherlands would have a new prime minister and dozens of new…
Edit Inotai – Reporting Democracy The bill on ‘protecting national sovereignty’ is regarded by opponents of Orban’s Fidesz party as another illiberal move to silence criticism and weaken the opposition ahead of the 2024 European elections. PM Viktor Orban (C), with the…
By Rebecca Ratcliffe – The Guardian Widespread escalation in violence across number of states poses greatest challenge yet to military rule Myanmar is gripped by the worst escalation in violence since the military seized power in a coup almost three years ago, the UN has said…
By Joost Hiltermann* – Foreign Affairs Why Israel—and the United States—Has Only Bad Options for the Day After Hamas’s October 7 attack shattered Israel’s sense of security and humiliated its intelligence and security apparatus. It also laid bare the unfeasibility of the…
By Stephen Bryen*-Asia Times What shellshocked NATO urgently needs is to restore confidence in its deterrent capability Barring some unforeseen contingency there will not be a war in Europe, beyond Ukraine, for some time to come. That prediction, however, is based on NATO’s…
