By Bill Kelly* – Asia Times Author Jan Krikke observes how the West is struggling to come to terms with ceding its prominent role in the world to Asia Eurocentrism can be defined as a cultural phenomenon that views non-Western societies from a European or Western perspective. In…
By Jonathan Freedland* – The Guardian Mass protests by ordinary people against the man who was Trumpian before Trump are part of a worldwide struggle Beware the strongman leader who fears jail. Donald Trump is running for president in part because he sees a return to the White…
By Priti Gulati Cox & Stan Cox (*) – TomDispatch It’s been devastating, even if no one’s paying attention. Three months of fighting in Sudan between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Force (RSF) has left at least 3,000 people dead and wounded at…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The European political class as a whole is in a state of denial. Polarization between ideologically different political parties tends to occur in an ever narrowing circle of political views and solutions.
Masahiro Tauchi, Advisor, DEVNET JAPAN – Former Ambassador of Japan to Norway NATO Summit in Vilnius The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11-12 this year. The summit was attended by 31 member countries, including Finland…
By Phil Miller* – Declassified UK With Britain and America supplying the toxic ammunition to Ukraine, Declassified investigates the long-term health impact on one of the few countries where the weapon has been fired in anger. ZHUR, KOSOVO – A convoy of Mercedes with tinted…
By Suzanne Lynch and Nicholas Vinocur – POLITICO European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took decisions behind closed doors and commissioners often felt locked out The European Commission president is secretive and controlling. With a year of her term still to run…
By Khalid Malik* In the 17th century, Ming China represented roughly one third of global output, and Mughal India a little less. Together the two countries accounted more than half of the world’s output, with a corresponding size of populations (as a proportion of…
By Nick Licata* – CounterPunch website In a speech after his indictment for mishandling classified documents, Donald Trump said, “At the end of the day, either the Communists destroy America, or we destroy the Communists.” Adding that “we will cast out the communists.”…
Riccardo Petrella, Professor Emeritus of the University of Leuven(B), Agora of the Earth Inhabitants In memory of Alvaro Arzivu, environmentalist and water defender, assassinated on 13 June 2023 in Tlamanalco, Mexico. No surprises On 28 July 2023, there will be no surprises.
