Pamela McElwee* – The Conversation When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins.
By Atal Ahmadzai* – Foreign Policy in Focus Other countries–China, Russia, India–are rushing to fill the void for their own strategic gain. Since its inauguration, the Trump administration has embarked on an aggressive agenda to dismantle vital environmental regulations and…
By Robert Benson* – Politico Authoritarians’ early popularity can delay resistance — but that’s when the real damage gets done. Earlier this month, nearly one million Americans flooded the streets to protest U.S.
By Fazlul Haq* – The Conversation In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Thirty years on, that prediction is being tested in one…
By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. Davies* – Common Dreams Under the influence of the neocons, Democrats and Republicans alike have marched America into one disaster after another, in a vain effort to defy the economic tides by which all great powers rise and fall.
By Thalif Deen* – Inter Press Service (IPS) UNITED NATIONS – The US State Department, in a wide-ranging political re-structuring of its policies, will eliminate 132 domestic offices, lay-off about 700 federal workers and reduce diplomatic missions overseas. The proposed changes…
By Hall Gardner* – The Realist Review The time for negotiations with China is now… I. A Dangerous Tariff War The US and China are heading for a clash if the Trump administration does not rapidly alter its “Peace through Strength” stance toward China―the administration should be…
By Ngaire Woods* – Foreign Affairs How the International System Can Survive a Hostile Washington In a remarkably short time, the second Trump administration has upended many of the precepts that have guided international order since the end of World War II. President Donald…
By David Hearst* – Middle East Eye The scale of the suffering that Israel has inflicted on all Palestinians within its reach has meant that Hamas’ fate is Palestine’s too Call Gaza what you will: killing fields, an endless loop of blood, pain and death, the world’s largest…
By Jayati Ghosh* – Project Syndicate Donald Trump’s tariffs have disrupted supply chains, roiled global markets, and escalated the trade war between the United States and China. While US consumers brace for higher prices, low- and middle-income countries will bear the brunt of…
