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The Netherlands underestimated the far right – and Geert Wilders’ victory is the result

Cas Mudde* – The Guardian Media complacency and outgoing PM Mark Rutte’s decision to campaign on immigration have created a political earthquake Two things were already clear months before Dutch election day: the Netherlands would have a new prime minister and dozens of new…

23 November 2023 · 8 min read

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HUNGARY’S GOVERNMENT SUBMITS ‘SOVEREIGNTY’ BILL SEEN AIMED AT OPPOSITION, NGO FUNDING

Edit Inotai – Reporting Democracy The bill on ‘protecting national sovereignty’ is regarded by opponents of Orban’s Fidesz party as another illiberal move to silence criticism and weaken the opposition ahead of the 2024 European elections. PM Viktor Orban (C), with the…

23 Nov 2023 · 5 min read

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Myanmar fighting at its worst since 2021 coup, says UN

By Rebecca Ratcliffe — The Guardian

By Rebecca Ratcliffe – The Guardian Widespread escalation in violence across number of states poses greatest challenge yet to military rule Myanmar is gripped by the worst escalation in violence since the military seized power in a coup almost three years ago, the UN has said…

22 Nov 2023 · 3 min read

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No Exit From Gaza

By Joost Hiltermann — Foreign Affairs

By Joost Hiltermann* – Foreign Affairs Why Israel—and the United States—Has Only Bad Options for the Day After Hamas’s October 7 attack shattered Israel’s sense of security and humiliated its intelligence and security apparatus. It also laid bare the unfeasibility of the…

22 Nov 2023 · 15 min read

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Risking NATO’s future for its expansion to Ukraine

By Stephen Bryen — Asia Times

By Stephen Bryen*-Asia Times What shellshocked NATO urgently needs is to restore confidence in its deterrent capability Barring some unforeseen contingency there will not be a war in Europe, beyond Ukraine, for some time to come. That prediction, however, is based on NATO’s…

21 Nov 2023 · 8 min read

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Testimony of Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, University Professor at Columbia University UN Security Council Session on Sustaining Peace through Common Development

November 20, 2023 Mr. President, Ambassadors, Secretary-General Guterres, NDB President Rousseff, distinguished diplomats, ladies and gentlemen, My name is Jeffrey D.

21 Nov 2023 · 14 min read

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Netanyahu is prolonging the war to save his life’s mission

By Meron Rapoport — +972 Magazine

By Meron Rapoport – +972 Magazine (Israel-Palestina) While an endless military operation allows the prime minister to cling to power, it also fulfills a larger ideological goal: preventing Palestinian statehood. It took Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more than a month…

20 Nov 2023 · 8 min read

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Ukraine Sure Doesn’t Look Like a Democracy Anymore

By Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell

By Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell(*)-Newsweek Many thousands have died needlessly in the unnecessary, unwinnable, and increasingly unaffordable war in Ukraine.

20 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

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Myanmar’s military junta appears to be in terminal decline

By Ronan Lee — The Conversation

By Ronan Lee* – The Conversation Myint Swe, the acting president of Mynamar’s military government, has warned that the country “will be split into various parts” after his armed forces suffered huge territorial losses to resistance fighters recently. His response was…

17 Nov 2023 · 6 min read

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The Gaza crisis has brought Israel closer to the west, but further away from the rest of the world

Musab Younis*- The Guardian As this war continues, countries outside the global elite are questioning the legitimacy of the international order When the Israeli defence minister declared on 9 October a “complete siege” in which “no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel” would…

17 Nov 2023 · 6 min read