By Walden Bello*, Shalmali Guttal* – Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) The world might seem to be on the cusp of a new era, but the Global South still has to awaken from the nightmare of the last 500 years. The Bandung Conference in April 1955 has achieved the status of a mythical…
By the Center for Preventive Action – Council on Foreign Relations A deadly militant attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, has triggered a sharp escalation between India and Pakistan, with both sides exchanging gunfire across the Line of Control and downgrading…
By Islam Alhalawany* – Asia Times A constructive new agenda is needed, one that moves beyond mere resistance to Western dominance and towards proactive rule-making The first half of the Cold War period marked the emergence of an alternative diplomatic paradigm, one defined not…
By Qassam Muaddi – Mondoweiss The Israeli war cabinet unanimously approved on Sunday the expansion of Israel’s war on Gaza, which reportedly include plans to reoccupy the strip indefinitely. The Israeli war cabinet unanimously approved on Sunday the expansion of Israel’s…
By Melvin Goodman* – CounterPunch The United States is a national security state. Over the past half-century, it has unnecessarily conducted “forever wars” in Vietnam (1960s-1970s), Iraq (2000s-the present), Afghanistan (2000s-2020), and now possibly in Yemen. Not…
By Zainab Usman* – Foreign Affairs USAID’s Demise Is an Opportunity to Prioritize Industrialization Over Charity Every decade or so, the global aid industry finds that it must transform to survive. During these periods of change, donor countries restructure their aid agencies…
By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – Meer From democracy to dictatorship Since at least classical antiquity, the differences between dictatorship and democracy have been clear, unequivocal, and as evident as the difference between water and oil. In practice, the differences…
By Cristina Vanberghen* – Modern Diplomacy How Washington’s reconstruction fund embeds long-term U.S. influence in Ukraine’s postwar future. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s journey toward European Union integration and Western economic alignment…
By Oritro Karim – Inter Press Service (IPS) UNITED NATIONS – For 2025, the theme of World Health Immunization Week (24-30 April), “Immunization for All is Humanly Possible”, emphasizes the need to eradicate disparities in access to vaccines, particularly for children. By…
By Boyd van Dijk* – Foreign Affairs The ICC Tests a Rarely Prosecuted War Crime In early March, as its cease-fire with Hamas began to unravel, Israel again turned to a tactic it had used earlier in the war in Gaza: imposing a total blockade on the territory, including a cutoff…
