Multilateralism & Unilateralism

A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice

By Alon Bein Meir — https://alonben-meir

Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader imprisoned since 2002 for murder convictions widely viewed as politically motivated, could be key to Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations due to his rare cross-factional legitimacy and commitment to coexistence, according to the article.

24 August 2026 · 7 min read
Human Rights

World Hunger and Starvation Have Reached a Crisis Level

By Lawrence S. Wittner — Foreign Policy In Focus

The Trump administration has drastically cut U.S. food assistance funding, with the World Food Program experiencing a 40 percent funding drop in 2025. The reductions have caused severe hunger across impoverished nations, leaving an estimated 266 million people facing crisis-level hunger in 2026.

24 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
Sustainable Development

There Is No Elsewhere: A World Burning

By Anita Naidu — CounterPunch

Wildfires ravaging British Columbia and across the globe expose how white supremacy’s system of displacing consequences onto distant communities and lands has collapsed, as climate change recognizes no borders—yet the same extractive logic continues to define inadequate responses that prioritize growth over ecological limits and leave vulnerable communities least protected.

21 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Is Donald Trump Good for the Korean Peninsula?

By John Feffer — Foreign Policy In Focus

North Korea trusts Russia and China over the unpredictable United States, preferring their reliability despite Trump’s efforts to build rapport with Kim Jong Un. Trump’s scaling back of military exercises with South Korea fails to address Pyongyang’s fundamental skepticism of American and South Korean commitment.

20 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

How Finland Destroyed Itself For NATO

By Nate Bear — donotpanic

By Nate Bear* – donotpanic.substack.com  Finland, often known as the happiest country in the world, now has the highest unemployment rate in Europe, demand for food aid has exploded by more than 70%, and homelessness, which had been declining for more than ten years, has…

20 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

How the far right is tightening its grip over the EU – from the inside

By Alberto Alemanno — The Guardian

The European People’s Party, which traditionally led centrist coalitions governing EU legislation, now increasingly partners with far-right parties to pass laws, including a harsh migration regulation. Without conditions from socialist, liberal and green parties supporting the EPP’s institutional control, the center-right group faces no political consequences for breaching its democratic firewall.

19 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Thought & Society

Latin America: The Great Laboratory

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos — Meer

Latin America has served as a testing ground for capitalism and colonialism since the 15th century, alternating between cycles of oppression and liberation. The region witnessed major revolutions, democratic experiments, military dictatorships, and now confronts the experiment of reconciling neoliberal capitalism with democracy.

19 Aug 2026 · 41 min read
Human Rights

The price of silence

By Abdullah Fahimi — International Politics and Society

Five years after the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, Western isolation policies have failed to pressure the group on human rights while devastating ordinary citizens through aid cuts and climate finance freezes. The author argues for selective engagement through local NGOs and international organizations to address humanitarian crises and food insecurity affecting 22 million people.

18 Aug 2026 · 6 min read