By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures A war between China and the United States would be a war between peer powers. That’s not to say they are identical powers; all nations differ in terms of geography, strategy, manpower, weaponry and so on. But they are peers…
Editorial – The Guardian The far-right president has never hidden his admiration for dictatorship. There are growing fears he will not accept defeat in next year’s election Though Jair Bolsonaro’s opponents warned of the dangers, most voters in the world’s fourth largest…
By Faisal Devji* – Boston Review The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan sacrificed politics—the only viable route to peace—for massive corruption and violence, all committed in the name of humanitarian compassion “The idea that we’re able to deal with the rights of women around the…
Guardian reporter in Yangon and Rebecca Ratcliffe* Acting president of self-declared government calls on civilian armed groups to target military that seized power in February coup Myanmar’s self-declared parallel government, which was set up by pro-democracy politicians, has…
By Prabir Purkayastha* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The U.S. currently holds a strong hand in its chip war with China. But experts believe it will lose in the future as China has a bigger market and a larger capacity for creating new knowledge With the U.S…
By Hazel Henderson* Worldwide, male members of human societies are still controlling women’s bodies : from Afghanistan’s Taliban, now admired by US insurrectionists, to US Republicans in Texas , the Supreme Court and among gun-toting militants intimidating voters and…
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post For some onlookers, the debacle of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan constitutes an almost cultural defeat. In the words of NBC News’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, the fall of the Afghan government and the desperate…
By Riccardo Petrella* – Wall Street International The irresponsibility, the incompetence, the incapacity of the dominant system Every individual has the right to life, liberty and security of person. (art. 3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights) The inadmissible The dominant…
By Tomasz Mortimer – The Independent Racist abuse marred England’s victory – but the behaviour of a certain group of fans comes as little surprise “Every nation must carry this burden on their own. They need to sort this out themselves.” Those were the words of the Hungarian…
By David R Montgomery* – The Guardian The expansion of drylands is leaving entire countries facing famine. It’s time to change the way we think about agriculture This summer’s record-setting heatwaves and dramatic fires in southern Europe and the American west were stark…
