by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither has the West achieved its goals on the economic front.
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter On February 9, 2023, around 100 armed men drove to Dembo, Burkina Faso, on motorcycles and in pickup trucks. They opened fire on a militia group called Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), which works with the Burkinabé military to…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – MEER The war in Ukraine is now entering its second year without any attempt being made to find a peaceful solution. Instead of initiating peace talks, the warring parties have become further entangled in a dangerous spiral of military escalation…
By Oksana Salabai* – Modern Diplomacy Abstract: Lithium is a vital resource used to produce batteries for electric cars and other high-tech devices. China is currently the world’s largest producer and consumer of lithium, while Africa is home to significant lithium reserves.
Sachs* – New World Economy The greatest enemy of economic development is war. If the world slips further into global conflict, our economic hopes and our very survival could go up in flames.
By David Smith* – The Guardian Joe Biden and members of Congress are increasingly long in the tooth – and more and more out of step with a much younger US public It is the year of the octogenarian. American TV viewers can find Patrick Stewart, 82, boldly going in a new series of…
By Jonathan Guyer*- VOX Conflict is avoidable, but cooperation is scant The balloon episode and the ensuing UFO drama have captured America’s attention perhaps because it’s such a caricature of the new Cold War we’re barreling toward. The image of a fighter jet shooting down a…
Bhadrakumar* – Indian Punchline The meeting of the defence ministers of the Pentagon’s Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the “Ramstein” format in Brussels on January 14 failed to make any major announcement on the supply of offensive weapons to Kiev. But the US…
By Nadia Batok* – MEER Or is there a new world war on the horizon? When it comes to weapons it seems all red lines have been crossed. Washington red lines have shifted again and again, since the February 2022 Russian special operation in Ukraine.
By Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou* – Boston Review Contemporary life has been deeply molded by financialization. But the speculative imagination can also be a tool for building a more just world. The cautious merchant and the keen manufacturer were equally unable to resist the…
