By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – Meer From the decline of peace to the rise of recolonization and genocide In this text, the hyper-contemporary age is situated between the end of World War II and the present day. As in previous ages, what one age leaves behind for the next is…
By John R Bawden* – Asia Times South America diversifying trade away from a protectionist US, a trend set in train by win-win trade ties with China South America’s largest trading bloc, Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), recently inked a comprehensive free…
By Ben Radley & Nicholas Fairwood – Sidecar Understanding the DRC. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is once again at war with Rwanda.
By Alon Ben-Meir* – https://alonben-meir.com/ The country that rose from the ashes of millions of Jews who perished in the Holocaust will not survive on the ashes of the Palestinians Israel is the fulfillment of a millennia-old dream: to be free, live in peace, flourish, and…
By Thom Hartmann* – Common Dreams If we allow the far-right to continue merging political power with AI without guardrails, we will see the rise of a system where freedom is algorithmically rationed. Pope Leo XIV just labeled Artificial Intelligence one of the main threats…
By Ben Munster and Hannah Roberts – Politico Support in the papal conclave coalesced around a leader who may challenge the U.S. president’s agenda, particularly around migration. In the final days before the secretive ritual that saw the election of the first American leader of…
By Ezra Nnko* – Modern Diplomacy In recent years, France has been losing its grip in Africa; this threatens to end its 60 years of influence in most Western African countries. “We can be proud of our army; whose modernization is now effective. It is in this context that we have…
Leon – Modern Diplomacy May 8, 1945, marked not only the defeat of Nazi Germany but also the birth of a new international order. May 8, 1945, marked not only the defeat of Nazi Germany but also the birth of a new international order.
By Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff* – Politico The bloc’s failure to step up carries serious geopolitical costs. Since Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and the devastating war in Gaza that’s followed, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and much of the Strip now…
European Parliament Strasbourg, 8 May 2025 On the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat and the end of World War II 80 years ago, a group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), have used this opportunity to stress the urgency of ending the war in Ukraine diplomatically and…
