By Jeremy Lissouba* – Modern Diplomacy More than one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the world remains caught in the middle. Against a backdrop of high energy and food prices, ravaging inflation, social unrest and fears of another global recession, Western and…
Editorial – The Guardian More than five years after hundreds of thousands fled Myanmar, conditions in Bangladesh are deteriorating The hungry and desperate are now much more so. Last month, the rations to Rohingya living in the world’s largest refugee camp – Cox’s Bazar…
Sachs* The banking crisis that hit Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week has spread. We recall with a shudder two recent financial contagions: the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, which led to a deep Asian recession, and the 2008 Great Recession, which led to a global downturn. The…
By George Monbiot* – The Guardian Gordon Brown, Condoleezza Rice and Alastair Campbell are as responsible for an illegal war as the Russian leader’s ‘henchmen’ they condemn It goes beyond hypocrisy. It’s an assault on memory.
By Ben Burgis* – Jacobin Today is the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We should never forget and never forgive the architects of that evil war.
Chang* – Newsweek China, fresh from the triumph of brokering peace between archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia, is seeking to cement its dominant role in the Middle East by hosting in Beijing a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Iran. Chinese ruler Xi…
Brian Blank and Brandy Hadley (*) – Asia Times Fast and decisive US regulatory action to halt Silicon Valley Bank collapse panic won’t help emerging problems in Europe US regulators’ swift reaction to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and two other lenders partially restored…
By Editor, Scheerpost Amajor shift in global relations has recently transpired. To some in America, it may look like the second coming of the Evil Empire. Too much of the rest of the world, it’s a welcome chance for a renewed multipolar order, where the sovereign desires of…
By Binoy Kampmark* – Centre for Research on Globalization He was standing before a lectern at Downing Street. The words on the support looked eerily similar to those used by the politicians of another country. According to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Stop…
By Alexander Brown* – Jacobin Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni insists her Fratelli d’Italia party has “consigned fascism to the past.” But a study of her party’s vision of Italian history shows a demonization of anti-fascism, not its own Mussolinian ancestors. Before irate…
