By Hilal Khashan* – Geopolitical Futures Their relationship was never as strong as it appeared Relations between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates appear strong on the surface. Both countries worked closely to defeat the Arab uprisings and topple the Muslim…
By Aisha Jumaan and Charles Pierson (*) – Common Dreams While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality, and cruelty of the Trump Administration, Biden has continued the Obama and Trump Administrations’ support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen In his first major…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (`*) – CODEPINK It was common knowledge that a U.S. failure to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal (known as the JCPOA) before Iran’s June presidential election would help conservative hard-liners to win the election. Indeed, on…
By Josh Collins – Organization for World Peace (*) A group of U.S. Senators have called on President Joe Biden to take “immediate and decisive action” in ending the Saudi Arabian blockade of essential items such as food, medicine, and fuel meant to aid Yemen. The conflict has…
By Michelle Onello and Akila Radhakrishnan (*) – The Diplomat A return to the pre-coup status quo is not politically sustainable. What Myanmar needs is a more fundamental shift.
By Carlo Aldrovandi* – The Conversation The recent violence at the al-Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount area and in the Old City of Jerusalem has spiralled into something bigger and more dangerous. Clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters at the weekend have…
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded after Israeli forces raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second time in four days, with reports showing police fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinian worshipers…
By Alf Gunvald Nilsen* – Boston Review Narendra Modi’s government has used lockdown to force further neoliberalization and continue its assault on pro-democracy activists. “From midnight tonight onwards, the entire country, please listen carefully, the entire country…
By Jacob Goldberg in Bangkok, a Guardian reporter in Yangon, and agencies About 3,000 estimated to have crossed over after junta attacks areas mostly populated by Karen people military has driven thousands of people across the country’s border with Thailand, adding a new…
By Felice Noelle Rodriguez and Jomo Kwame Sundaram(*) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 16 2021 (IPS) – Globalisation’s beginnings are symbolised by Ferdinand Magellan’s near circumnavigation of the world half a millennium ago. But its history is not simply of connection and trade…
