By Dimitar Bechev* – Al Jazeera The US and its European allies are pushing for diplomacy with Russia but a renewed conflict in Ukraine is still possible. These days it feels like we are back in the days of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
By Stephen Semler* – Jacobin Joe Biden signed a record-breaking defense budget even as his domestic agenda is languishing. We’re getting all of the Pentagon spending and anti-China saber-rattling — and none of the supposedly transformative social programs This week, Joe…
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! GUEST: Noam Chomsky, world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author.
By Brandi Morin* – Al Jazeera In this six-part series, Al Jazeera tells the stories of some of the Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered along an infamous stretch of highway in British Columbia, Canada. Warning: The following article contains content…
By Mark Galeotti* – The Spectator On Christmas Day 1991, in his last act as president, Mikhail Gorbachev signed away the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. A 74-year experiment that began with the ‘Great October Revolution’ of 1917 (although the USSR was…
By Mucahid Durmaz* – Al Jazeera This year, there were four successful military takeovers across the continent – in Chad, Mali, Guinea and Sudan – up from one in 2020. Surrounded by soldiers and with Guinea’s flag draped around his shoulders, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya appeared on…
By Alexandra Hutzler* – Newsweek President Joe Biden on Monday voiced opposition to provisions in the Senate defense bill that restricts his authority over Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Biden aired the grievances in a statement after signing the crucial National…
Peter Stone – The Guardian Analysis: charges could be well founded given Trump’s incendiary remarks to a rally before the Capitol attack and aggressive pressuring of officials Expectation is growing that Donald Trump might face charges for trying to obstruct Congress…
By Andrew Harding* – BBC News Desmond Tutu is remembered with so much joy and affection by so many different people around the world today, that it may seem hard to imagine a time or place when he was viewed, not as a courageous moral crusader, but as a devil It was the…
By Joschka Fischer* – Project Syndicate Although France and Germany are more reliant on each other than ever, the two heavyweights at the heart of Europe still have vastly different ideas about defense and security policy. And, because these attitudes are deeply rooted in…
