Simardone* – The Cradle As the US recalibrates from global hegemony to hemispheric dominance, Venezuela becomes the battleground for an empire in decline – but also for the Global South’s defiance. War with Venezuela seems all but imminent.
By Jawad Khalid* – CounterPunch As deadly storms rip through the Caribbean, a new United Nations report delivers a sobering warning: the world is failing to prepare for the climate it has already created. UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025, aptly titled Running on Empty, finds…
By Jasim Al-Azzawi* – Middle East Monitor (MEMO) In a scene unimaginable just months ago, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa strode into the White House this week, becoming the first Syrian leader to visit the United States. The arrival marked a stunning reversal of fortune for a…
By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. Davies* – Article sent to Other News by the authors For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that “regime change” brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow deliver democracy.
By Abbas al-Zein* – The Cradle The fall of El-Fasher signals the end of Sudan’s centralized governance and the rise of a militarized political economy fueled by gold, regional corridors, and foreign interests. The fall of El-Fasher, capital of North Darfur, to the Rapid Support…
By Sedat Laçiner* – Modern Diplomacy Humanity is facing what may be the most profound demographic transformation in recorded history. Humanity is facing what may be the most profound demographic transformation in recorded history.
By Kristian Laubjerg* – Meer After more than forty-five years of peaceful coexistence with the Warsaw Pact countries, NATO created a new image of itself with the collapse of the USSR as a war hawk bent on fighting for the global dominance of the USA. When all think alike, then…
By Jorge Heine* – Responsible Statecraft Washington’s bullying has deepened divisions and crippled the hemisphere’s premier diplomatic forum. The government of the Dominican Republic has announced that the X Summit of the Americas (SOA), scheduled to be held in Punta Cana on…
By Pavan Kulkarni* – Peoples Dispatch “We know the heart and intent of Trump is to help us fight insecurity,” states the spokesperson of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, who has time and again demonstrated his loyalty to the West. US President Donald Trump has threatened to go…
By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva* – The Guardian This is our message to world leaders: make this the ‘Cop of truth’, before people lose faith. Today, in the Brazilian Amazon, the Belém summit opens ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference (Cop30).
