November 20, 2023 Mr. President, Ambassadors, Secretary-General Guterres, NDB President Rousseff, distinguished diplomats, ladies and gentlemen, My name is Jeffrey D.
By Meron Rapoport – +972 Magazine (Israel-Palestina) While an endless military operation allows the prime minister to cling to power, it also fulfills a larger ideological goal: preventing Palestinian statehood. It took Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more than a month…
By Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell(*)-Newsweek Many thousands have died needlessly in the unnecessary, unwinnable, and increasingly unaffordable war in Ukraine.
By Ronan Lee* – The Conversation Myint Swe, the acting president of Mynamar’s military government, has warned that the country “will be split into various parts” after his armed forces suffered huge territorial losses to resistance fighters recently. His response was…
Musab Younis*- The Guardian As this war continues, countries outside the global elite are questioning the legitimacy of the international order When the Israeli defence minister declared on 9 October a “complete siege” in which “no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel” would…
By Sarah Wheaton and Eddy Wax – POLITICO Hungary backs media outlets that wage war on woke and bring a Euroskeptic take to the EU capital BRUSSELS — Viktor Orbán is turning into the Rupert Murdoch of Brussels, bringing his own version of “fair and balanced” journalism into…
By William Pesek* – Asia Times Meeting suggests a calmer period ahead for bilateral trade and investment relations while underlying frictions remain wholly unresolved The polite way to characterize Joe Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping is that it cleared a rather low expectations…
Editorial – The Guardian Spain’s caretaker prime minister has cut a controversial deal to stay in power. It is in the country’s interest that it succeeds In recent political memory, few spectacles have been as surprising as the sight of David Cameron striding back into Downing…
Sachs* It is urgent to free the hostages in Gaza; stop the bloodshed in Israel and Palestine; establish lasting security for both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples; achieve the aspiration of the Palestinian people for a sovereign state; and establish a process of true…
West to blame for mass Afghan refugee deportations Susan Hutchinson* – Asia Times West falls short of vows to Afghan refugees as Pakistan prepares to deport 1.7 million to depravation and persecution under Taliban rule On November 1, Pakistan began a nationwide operation to…
