By Alfred de Zayas* – CounterPunch website Progress and retrogression characterize the reality of international law, international relations, and the concrete enjoyment of human rights by women and men throughout the planet. We hail the tides of opportunity, the times of…
By Binoy Kampmark* – CounterPunch website One particularly bad habit the news is afflicted by is a tendency to fall into discussions about itself. Its members, some of them at least, used to call it the “Fourth Estate,” an unelected chamber of scribblers supposedly…
By Emily Tamkin*- The New Republic The central European country isn’t exactly the right-wing paradise many Republicans portray it as “Keep on fighting, Mr. President!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told former U.S.
By Vijay Prashad – Zoe Alexandra (*) – Globettroter / Independent Media Institute In Bamako, Mali, on September 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On X, the social media platform formerly known as…
Editorial – The Guardian New research exposes the growing influence of the radical right on more mainstream forces. A counteroffensive is overdue The taxation of property in the eastern German state of Thuringia would normally be a subject of strictly local concern. But last…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – MEER German peace proposal for Ukraine that could save us all from an all-out war At the end of August this year, four highly respected German personalities1 presented a peace proposal for ending the war in Ukraine through a…
By Claudio Francavilla* – POLITICO The next victim of the bloc’s migration obsession may well be itself. Portrayed for years as the only Arab Spring success story, Tunisia today is everything but.
By Meherab Hossain and Md. Obaidullah (*) – Modern Diplomacy Populism and nationalism represent two discrete political ideologies; however, they may pose potential threats to democracy. Populism is a political ideology and approach characterized by the emphasis…
Col. (R) Daniel L. Davis* – Newsweek As leading American politicians, generals, and pundits continue advocating for open-ended support to Kyiv in their war against Russia, a sober, accurate analysis of Ukraine’s nearly completed summer offensive…
By Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware (*) – Foreign Affairs How the United States Became a Leading Exporter of White Supremacist Terrorism In its decades-long fight against terrorism, the United States regularly criticized countries such as Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia for…
