By Basav Sen* – Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) Increasingly, authoritarianism isn’t a feature of overtly authoritarian governments alone Much of the world looks bleak in the fall of 2024. Israel’s assault on Gaza, the world’s first livestreamed genocide, goes on unchecked…
By Margie Jackson*- Modern Diplomacy When the path to education is blocked by war, a generation of young people become trapped in a cycle of poverty, trauma, and lost potential. As parents, we raise our children to believe that education is the lifeline to the future. We…
Sachs* and Sybil Fares* – Common Dreams As a result of its belligerence and intransigence, Israel is now almost completely ostracized by the international community, and also faces grave economic and military threats as the regional war expands. Israel rejects the two-state…
By Simon Hutagalung* – Eurasia Review As China’s influence expands and its assertiveness increases in Southeast Asia, regional powers, particularly Japan, encounter growing pressure to establish a robust collective security framework. Some scholars and policymakers propose the…
By Aluf Benn* – Foreign Affairs Magazine How the Country’s Military Success Is Producing Political Failure Last October 7, Hamas surprised Israel’s famed military and intelligence agencies. Both had known, for years, about the Palestinian armed group’s preparations to invade…
By Don Hazen* – LA Progressive Trump’s “dirty, dangerous dozen” of billionaire supporters starts with number one, Elon Musk. The Democrats had a wildly successful convention in Chicago.
by Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J.S. Davies* Codepink.org On October 1, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s recent assassinations of leaders of its Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Hezbollah and Hamas.
By Nicholas Vinocur, Barbara Moens and Max Griera – Politico France and Germany have joined calls for a tougher EU migration policy following a series of far-right election wins. From Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán to Denmark’s socialist Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen…
By Shahram Akbarzadeh*- The Conversation With Iran’s firing of some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel overnight, the Middle East is again on the brink of what would be a costly, ruinous regional war. Israel and its ally, the United States, shot down most of the missiles.
Wubante Ayalew Dessie* – Africa at LSE (The London School of Economics) The Horn of Africa is the far northeast region of Africa. It comprises Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan and South Sudan, with shores bordering the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. In…
