By Ekaterina Zolotova* – Geopolitical Futures They are more worried about their day-to-day lives than the palace intrigue of Kyiv. By now, tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and therefore Russia and the West, are well documented. Russia amassed troops at the border, the…
By Khury Petersen-Smith * – Truthout The rising tensions between Ukraine, Russia, the United States and other NATO countries — and the resulting discourse in U.S. media — show that American leaders love an international crisis. In a crisis, the American public is often…
By Camilo Montoya-Gálvez – CBS NEWS After a recent internal review, the Biden administration decided to maintain a pandemic-era order put in place under former President Donald Trump that authorizes the rapid deportation of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border, the Centers…
By Danaka Katovich* – Truthout In late January, the Saudi-United Arab Emirates (UAE) coalition carried out an airstrike on a prison in Yemen, killing more than 90 detainees and injuring many more. Among the rubble was a fragment of the weapon used to do it.
By Shaun Walker* – The Guardian Analysis: While Putin’s intentions remain unclear, Kyiv would rather it didn’t get classed as the next Kabul Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has again insisted that Russia does not currently have enough troops in place to mount a…
Michael von der Schulenburg* NATO’s intention to admit the Ukraine as a full member and Russia’s reaction to it in amassing 100,000 troops at the border with Ukraine has led to the most serious and dangerous crisis on the European continent since the end of the Cold War. As if…
By Peter Mwai – BBC Military coups were a regular occurrence in Africa in the decades that followed independence and there is concern they are starting to become more frequent. This year has already seen two – a takeover by the army in Burkina Faso and the other a failed coup…
By Tun Khin* – Al Jazeera Network The international community must continue its efforts to investigate and prosecute the Myanmar army’s crimes. Exactly one year ago, on February 1, the Myanmar military launched a coup and opened another bloody chapter in my country’s history.
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine?
By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK, Jan 31 2022 (IPS) – Regardless of a success or failure to reach a new agreement with Iran, Israel must not attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and must work closely with the US to develop a joint strategy to curb Iran’s ambition to acquire…
