By Ameer Al-Auqaili* – Foreign Policy in Focus Armed groups are forming alliances with extraction industries, logistics companies, and private military contractors. The Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) seizure of Sudan’s presidential palace marks a critical juncture in the nation’s…
By Ingmar Naumann* – IPS Journal Governments across Europe are cracking down on NGOs. One institution, in particular, has the means to stop them As Europe grapples with political upheaval and geopolitical crises, a subtle yet far-reaching development is unfolding: the…
By Hippolyte Fofack* – Project Syndicate US President Donald Trump’s dismantling of America’s foreign-aid program may be the wake-up call African leaders need. If necessity is the mother of invention, the end of USAID could galvanize African governments to confront their…
By Nesrine Malik* – The Guardian His targeting of foreigners with residencies or work visas was inevitable: to achieve his aims, more and more people must be disenfranchised The imperial boomerang effect is the theory that techniques developed to repress colonised territories…
By Roland Benedikter* – Asia Times If a crucial notion needs to overwinter politically for a while, it doesn’t mean it’s dead and gone but rather merely in hibernation There are cycles for the effectiveness of global ideas. If an idea has to overwinter politically for a while…
By Henry Giroux* – CounterPunch Introduction The abduction of Mahmoud Khalil is not an isolated event—it is a chilling testament to the authoritarian turn in the United States, where dissent is met not with debate but with brute force, and the machinery of state terror moves…
By Toussaint Nothias* – Africa Is a Country Western media coverage of the DRC conflict is riddled with inaccuracies, oversimplifications, and racial bias—reinforcing dangerous narratives rather than informing the world. The first victim of war is not truth, as the adage says.
By Esther Solomon* – Haaretz This week, Israelis woke up to war again, but this time not to the Hamas surprise attack of October 7 but to a conscious decision by their government to restart fighting, against the will of the popular majority, which consistently favors an end to…
By David Smith* – The Conversation US President Donald Trump has exploited American nationalism as effectively as anyone in living memory. What sets him apart is his use of national humiliation as a political emotion. Any presidential candidate can talk their country up, but…
By Jamie Dettmer* – Politico Russia insists on terms to end the war that spell the end of democratic Ukraine, and has followed up the Trump call with an assault on Kyiv. “Plan A is: Get the shooting to stop,” said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday, noting the U.S…
