By Giovanna Coi and Lucia Mackenzie – Politico Many of the millions of Syrians who have fled their county will question whether they can return, given the destruction and fears of continuing violence. Many of the more than 6 million Syrians who have fled their country since the…
By Hall Gardner* – MEER The unintended consequences of NATO enlargement In my discussion at the November 23-24 Yerevan Peace Conference, organized by Arthur Khachikian, I argued that Joe Biden and American officialdom completely missed the boat as to how NATO enlargement would…
By Paulo Aguiar – Geopolitical Monitor The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime represents a watershed moment in Middle Eastern politics. The rapid unraveling of the Assad government, a fixture in Syrian and regional affairs for over 50 years, was unthinkable for many, yet it…
By Alon Ben-Meir* – InDephtNews (IDN) Trump, who wants an end to the Israeli-Hamas war even before he reassumes the Presidency, must know that denying the Palestinian right to statehood and conceding further Palestinian land in the West Bank and Gaza to Israel is a recipe for…
By Imran Khalid* – Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) Trump’s threats don’t address the deeper problems facing U.S. manufacturing. Donald Trump, a man who never shied from bold declarations, has once again turned the global stage into a theater of economic brinkmanship. His…
By Arjun Vohra – Geopolitical Monitor The Sudan civil war has done more than devastate lives – it has dismantled the very systems that sustain them. Agriculture, once the backbone of the nation’s economy and a lifeline for millions, has been brought to its knees by years of…
By Amnesty International* – Scheerpost Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report…
By Will Freeman* – Foreign Affairs Guns, Drugs, and Migration Have Destabilized the Region—and Fed Dysfunction in Washington To the extent that foreign crises helped shape the outcome of November’s U.S. presidential election, it wasn’t the ones in Gaza and Ukraine that had the…
By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J.S. Davies* – Common Dreams While hope remains that the agreement in Lebanon might set the stage for a cease-fire in Gaza, Israel’s actions on the ground tell a different story.
By Kiji Noh* – Consortium News Yoon does not want to lose power, writes Kiji Noh, but more importantly the U.S. cannot allow Yoon to lose power. He is key to the Asian force posture against China. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law…
