Democratic support for Israel is eroding in Congress as myths about the country’s democracy persist, according to analyst Melvin Goodman. He argues Israel has never been a true democracy for Palestinians, who face military rule and occupation, while questioning narratives used to justify U.S. military aid.
China capitalized on U.S. sanctions and tariffs against Brazil over eighteen months, positioning itself as a more reliable partner as Brazil’s trade with China surged 22 percent while U.S.-Brazil trade fell 13 percent, culminating in Xi Jinping backing Lula’s complaints about American “interference” ahead of October’s election.
The US-Saudi nuclear agreement permits uranium enrichment and waste reprocessing, deviating from stricter 2009 UAE standards and raising proliferation concerns as Saudi leadership has explicitly stated nuclear weapons ambitions, potentially triggering regional nuclear competition.
Rising anti-immigrant mobilization in South Africa, including organized marches and door-to-door enforcement actions, reflects deepening economic disappointment and generational disaffection with post-apartheid governance rather than spontaneous xenophobic violence, threatening the country’s constitutional democracy.
A youth-led protest movement, sparked by students’ outrage over exam paper leaks and a chief justice’s derogatory remarks, mobilized tens of thousands in Delhi on July 20, demanding education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and exposing systemic governance failures.
By Carmen Navas Reyes* – Globetrotter A System That Expands on Its Own The fear of Unilateral Coercive Measures (UCMs), or sanctions, is not unfounded. For example: since 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against Iran’s use of…
By Ramesh Jaura* – rjaura.substack.com Leadership, Legitimacy and the Future of Multilateralism. The election of the next United Nations Secretary-General is about far more than choosing the Organisation’s ninth leader.
Despite Trump’s pledge to avoid Middle Eastern “forever wars,” a June U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding has rapidly unraveled into renewed military escalation. Rather than traditional warfare, the conflict evolves through strikes, sanctions and proxy fighting—a prolonged “grey zone” confrontation unlikely to end while both sides’ strategic objectives remain fundamentally incompatible.
The article argues that the U.S. military-industrial complex, now including Silicon Valley, controls American foreign policy to maintain global primacy, with Ukraine serving as a testing ground for AI warfare technology despite Trump’s campaign promises to end forever wars.
By Jessica Corbett* – Common Dreams Critics panned the publication for not only its warmongering but also “unfounded claims seeking to tar domestic movements for social change as agents of a foreign government.” While some Republicans in Congress cheered the US Department of…
