By Thom Hartmann* – Common Dreams Will American democracy survive this onslaught, straight out of the Dictator’s Playbook? To a large extent, that will depend on you, me, and our elected officials summoning the courage to resist and protest loudly.
Encarnación* – Foreign Affairs Bolsonaro’s Conviction Was the Fruit of U.S. Democracy Promotion. It’s hard to imagine Washington taking a more heavy-handed response to the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison…
By Nauval El Ghifari* – Modern Diplomacy The Sahel now accounts for more than half of terrorism-related deaths worldwide, making Africa the new epicenter of terrorism. The Sahel now accounts for more than half of terrorism-related deaths worldwide, making Africa the new…
By Walden Bello* – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) “Let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible, and, above all, let finance be primarily national” – this advice from Keynes remains just as relevant today as it was in the 1930s. On Sept…
By Sana Khan* – Modern Diplomacy The White House’s proposal for a “temporary” governance structure in Gaza, with Donald Trump at the helm of an international supervisory board and Tony Blair in a supporting role, is more than just an eyebrow-raising headline it reveals the deep…
By Juan Cole* – Informed Comment The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose UNSC economic sanctions on Iran, which had been in place 2007-2015 but were lifted because of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. That deal is now…
By Phar Kim Beng* and Luthfy Hamzah* – Asia Times Trump’s UN speech railing against migration gave a green light to repressive regimes everywhere to target minorities. When US President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on its 80th…
Expert Brief by Catherine Powell*, Beth Van Schaack* and Desirée Cormier Smith* – Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) The Trump administration has chosen to retreat from UN human rights standards and processes. These decisions make Americans less safe.
By Robert Hunziker* – CounterPunch But Net Zero Needs $7 Trillion/Yr China is establishing a world leadership role via green energy as the consummate bargaining tool. Its foreign direct investment, led by its green tech industry, over the past three years, is upwards of $227…
Jennings* – In Depth News (IDN) The barely viable Two-State Solution appears to have made a brief comeback at the United Nations General Assembly. Emmanuel Macron of France and Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine—one young, one old—huffed and puffed in the attempt to put new life into a…
