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The UN Security Council and the “New US-China Cold War”

By James A. Paul* NEW YORK, Apr 12 2021 (IPS) – Commentators talk about a “new Cold War” between the United States and China. They sometimes conclude that the geopolitical rivalry between these two major powers has ruined the effectiveness… Continue Reading →

Diplomacy, International relations, Politics

Orbán to host Polish PM and Italian right-wing leader in Budapest

By !!444!!! Insight Hungary* Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will host his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, and former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini in Budapest Thursday to discuss a potential right-wing alliance on the European level, Orbán’s press secretary confirmed Tuesday. Orbán… Continue Reading →

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U.S. Joins “Rules-Based World” on Afghanistan

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies (*) – Common Dreams On March 18, the world was treated to the spectacle of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sternly lecturing senior Chinese officials about the need for China to respect a… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, International relations, militarization, Peace, Politics, Terrorism, Violence

China Doesn’t Respect Us Anymore — for Good Reason

By Thomas L. Friedman * – The New York Times We’ve stopped following our formula for success. Sometimes a comedian cuts through foreign policy issues better than any diplomat. Bill Maher did that the other week with an epic rant on U.S.-China… Continue Reading →

Diplomacy, Economy / Finance, Globalization, Human Rights, International relations, Politics

Hell hath no fury like a superpower in decline

By Graham E. Fuller – Responsible Statecraft (*) The U.S. leadership must have set some kind of new record in managing to personally insult the leadership of the two other great powers of the world within 48 hours of each other… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Intelligence, Politics

That Was Fast: Blowups with China and Russia in Biden’s First 60 Days

By David E. Sanger* – The New York Times It may look like the bad old days of the Cold War, but today’s bitter superpower competition is about technology, cyberconflict and influence operations. WASHINGTON — Sixty days into his administration,… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, militarization, Politics

China’s Strategic Standpoint

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures  One of the hardest problems of foreign policy is developing an accurate evaluation of a potential adversary’s intentions and capabilities, which are frequently separate realities. I discussed this recently in a piece that pointed out the… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Globalization, Politics

Myanmar death toll tops 120 as Chinese factories are torched

By  staff writers Nikkei Asia, Japan Martial law expanded to wider region of Yangon BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military has extended martial law to broader sections of Yangon after the deaths of dozens of protesters in the city’s garment production hub,… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Economy / Finance, Human Rights, militarization, Politics, Violence

Harry and Meghan: heavy is the head that wears the crown

Editorial – The Guardian The Sussexes show monarchy cannot be relatable while its politics are hidden but its members are conspicuously part of a grouse-shooting, landowning caste Of royalty, Walter Bagehot wrote in The English Constitution, “we must not let… Continue Reading →

Misinformation, Politics, Racism

Gorbachev turned 90. Andrey Grachev, his ex-adviser and ex-spokesperson, unveils his dreams

Mikhail Gorbachev’s dreams, hopes and difficulties revealed by Andrey Grachev in an interview on the occasion of the 90th birthday of the last President of the Soviet Union. By Cecilia Capanna Mikhail Gorbachev is undoubtedly the most important positive historical… Continue Reading →

Democracy, English, History, Politics Russia

The time of Gorbachev

By Andrei Grachev* His legacy after 30 years of the disintegration of the USSR Two books were published practically simultaneously in Great Britain and France to commemorate the forthcoming 30th anniversary of the breakup of the Soviet Union. They had almost… Continue Reading →

Books, Democracy, History, Politics

Vaccine Apartheid: If One Person Is Unprotected, We Are All Unprotected

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan (*) – Democracy Now! “I’ve personally received more doses of a Covid-19 vaccine than 130 countries,” Dr. Craig Spencer writes, about the two vaccine shots he recently got as an emergency room doctor. In… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Health, Politics, Science and technology

What Planet Is NATO Living On?

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies (*) The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, 75-year-old alliance that, despite its military failures in Afghanistan and… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Intelligence, militarization, Politics

How Law Made Neoliberalism

By Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Amy Kapczynski, David Singh Grewal (*) – Boston Review If we are to emerge from this era of crisis, we need legal thinking that operates on fundamentally different presumptions. We live in an era of intersecting crises—some… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Justice, Neo-liberalism, Politics

Senators Indicate Trump Impeachment Trial Could Be Shortest in U.S. History: ‘Days,’ Not Weeks

By  Christina Zhao* – Newsweek Senators from both sides of the political aisle have signaled that former President Donald Trump‘s upcoming impeachment trial could be the shortest in U.S. history, with some expressing hope that the trial could conclude in under… Continue Reading →

Politics, Populism, Racism, Radical extremism

The Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Is a Sign of a Much Deeper Problem Than Donald J. Trump

By Albena Azmanova and Marshall Auerback (*)  –  Independent Media Institute  While the majority of Americans deplored the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, it was troubling to see a YouGov poll indicating that one in five voters approved of… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Human Rights, Justice, Politics, Populism, Racism, Radical extremism, Violence

Biden’s ‘Reversals’

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures   Just about every U.S. president promises a new era of U.S. foreign policy. George W. Bush promised to abolish nation building as a goal. Barack Obama promised to make the world, and particularly the… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Democracy, History, Politics

Courtrooms and creditors likely to loom large in Trump’s post-presidency life

Tom McCarthy* – The Guardian Each US president has charted a unique course after leaving the White House, taking up vocations from philanthropy to human rights to oil painting. Donald Trump’s post-presidency appears likely to be taken up by meetings… Continue Reading →

Corruption, Economy / Finance, Justice, Politics

Some Trump aides stuck with him till the end. Now they’re screwed

By Gabby Orr, Meridith McGraw and Daniel Lippman (*) – Politico The former president has all but vanished from public view while his former team navigates an unforgiving job market Four days into his post-presidency life, Donald Trump has insulated… Continue Reading →

Politics, Populism

The Biden/Harris Inauguration: When the Wall Becomes a Door

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan(*)  –  Democracy Now!! President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris leapt into action after taking the oath of office on Wednesday. Biden signed 17 executive orders, dismantling many of Donald Trump’s signature policies.… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Human Rights, International Cooperation, Politics

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