Chang* – Newsweek China, fresh from the triumph of brokering peace between archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia, is seeking to cement its dominant role in the Middle East by hosting in Beijing a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Iran. Chinese ruler Xi…
Brian Blank and Brandy Hadley (*) – Asia Times Fast and decisive US regulatory action to halt Silicon Valley Bank collapse panic won’t help emerging problems in Europe US regulators’ swift reaction to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and two other lenders partially restored…
By Editor, Scheerpost Amajor shift in global relations has recently transpired. To some in America, it may look like the second coming of the Evil Empire. Too much of the rest of the world, it’s a welcome chance for a renewed multipolar order, where the sovereign desires of…
By Binoy Kampmark* – Centre for Research on Globalization He was standing before a lectern at Downing Street. The words on the support looked eerily similar to those used by the politicians of another country. According to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Stop…
By Alexander Brown* – Jacobin Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni insists her Fratelli d’Italia party has “consigned fascism to the past.” But a study of her party’s vision of Italian history shows a demonization of anti-fascism, not its own Mussolinian ancestors. Before irate…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq.
By George Ochenski * – CounterPunch website Thanks to a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems, the nation and world are peeling back the covers on the shocking lies perpetrated by Fox’s top commentators. And how ironic is it that…
By Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell (*) – Newsweek In 1904, Russia and Japan fought a brief war over Korea that cost both sides dearly.
By Stefan Boscia and Agnes Chambre – POLITICO National broadcaster in humiliating climbdown after bitter impartiality row. That was the consensus in Westminster on Monday as the U.K.’s national broadcaster was forced into an apology and an embarrassing climbdown following a…
By Shayndi Raice* and Aaron Boxerman – The Wall Street Journal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made securing a regional alliance opposed to Iran a key foreign-policy aim JERUSALEM—Saudi Arabia’s surprise agreement to renew diplomatic relations with Iran marks…
