Sachs*- Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development There is universal assent that we are in a period of geopolitical tension and flux. In a rough chronology, 1815-1914 was the era of British hegemony, the not-so-peaceful Pax Britannica. What followed…
By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: VETERAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS FOR SANITY (VIPS)SUBJECT: Leopards vs. the Russian Bear Decisions in an Intelligence Vacuum Dear President Biden: We are aware…
By Nick Corbishley (*) – Naked Capitalism Washington, Kiev and the EU have been furiously lobbying Latin American governments to provide weaponry to Ukraine, but LatAm governments still want no part in this war. Four Latin American countries — Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and…
By Oliver Springate-Baginski and Win Myo Thu(*)- The Conversation Two years on from the latest military coup that deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, what began as a wave of national protest against the army’s power grab has descended into outright civil war…
By Georgi Gotev (*) – EURACTIV.com At the start of the Russian aggression almost a year ago, Western countries were very shy about providing aid to Ukraine. Many stuck to the policy of providing only “non-lethal weapons” or symbolic supplies such as helmets or blankets.
By Mac Margolis and Robert Muggah -Open Democracy After enduring years of online toxicity, Brazil now wants to show the world how to crack down on disinformation Even as the armed forces and police broke up the 8 January insurrection in Brasilia, carting more than 1,000 rioters…
By Andrew Lichterman* – InDepthNews OAKLAND, California (IDN) — Seventy-seven years ago, the United Nations General Assembly passed its first resolution. The subject the governments represented there thought important enough to be first on their agenda was the establishment of a…
Carden (*) – Globetrotter Just as the Iraq invasion was a “mission accomplished” and Afghanistan an easy victory over the Taliban, not to mention the intervention in Libya, all these “successful” wars have turned into major defeats for US and its Western allies. Friday, January…
By JESSI HANSON-DEFUSCO (*)- Newsweek/ Opinion In recent months, a handful of Iranian citizens have been sentenced to death for the crime of protesting. Recently Mohammed Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were hanged after claiming they were tortured to make false…
U.S. economist predicts that credit and social investment will flow back to Brazil By Daniela Chiaretti – Brasília – Valor International “I think the world is ready to rally to the cause of a new Bioeconomy for the Amazon. I believe that investment and social funding will flow…
