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By Barbara Moens and Jacopo Barigazzi – Politico Thought the pandemic and Ukraine were tough? The next five years could be worse.

By Mahir Ali* – Pearls and Irritations It would be fairly uncontroversial to describe Ukraine’s recent military advance into Russia’s Kursk region as a deliberate provocation. Kyiv’s claim that it was intended chiefly to prod Moscow towards a negotiated peace, if true, appears…

By Nadia Batok*- MEER Exploring the influence of digital technology on privacy and control Power coincides with control. Power needs to exercise control.

By Julian Borger – The Guardian Neither side seems prepared for realities of land warfare, but a small mistake may have deadly consequences If Israel and Hezbollah wanted an all-out war it would have happened a long time ago. Each side would welcome the destruction of the other…

Sachs * – The Manila Times With the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the US assumed that it would dominate the world as the unrivaled hegemon.  Yet the US “unipolar” moment proved to be short-lived.  US geopolitical dominance ended with the rise of China, the…

By Thomas Gift* – The Conversation Who is Kamala Harris? That’s the question the Democratic nominee for president tried to answer in her highly anticipated acceptance speechat the party’s national convention in Chicago.Although she has been vice-president for three and a half…

By Jeremy Azzopardi*- Modern Diplomacy Von der Leyen coined the term “de-risking” in a January 2023 speech at the World Economic Forum, delineating Europe’s approach towards China. With the European Parliament elections resulting in a marked shift to the right and a right-wing…

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies* – CODEPINK for Peace An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of the delegates seem to realize…

By Kester Kenn Klomegah* -Eurasia Review With geopolitical confrontation and tensions deepening, the key global players are swiftly turning their focus on Africa. In practical terms, African leaders are also making strategic choices based on their development paradigms. These…

By Hall Gardner*- MEER Examining Trump’s foreign policy failures and outlining a path to peace in the 2024 presidential race My book, World War Trump: The Risks of America’s New Nationalism, was published by Prometheus Books in 2018. The book examines Trump’s first year of…