By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute On February 18, 2010, Anadarko Moçambique—a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum (bought by Occidental Petroleum in 2019)—discovered a massive natural gas field in the Rovuma Basin off the coast of…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos * – Critical Legal Thinking The abrupt and chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in mid-August filled the news around the world. With more or less variations, these were the main topics: humiliation for the U.S. and its European allies; a…
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 2021 (IPS) – The pandemic is pushing back the world’s poorest countries with the least means to finance economic recovery and contagion containment efforts. Without international solidarity…
By Hall Gardner* – The National Interest Stronger U.S.-EU strategic coordination is urgently needed to prevent the possibility that regional conflicts could draw the United States and the Europeans into new forms of “hybrid warfare” against a Eurasian axis of predominantly…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies(*) – Common Dreams Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in their country – and then by an Islamic State suicide bombing and ensuing massacre by U.S. forces…
By Erica Marat* WASHINGTON DC, Aug 27 2021 (IPS) – The political and human catastrophe in Afghanistan is threatening to boost autocratic tendencies in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. With the withdrawal of US and coalition forces from Afghanistan and the rapid takeover by the…
By Modern Diplomacy Staff No progress has been made by parties in Yemen to reach a political agreement to settle the civil war, which is now in its seventh year, a senior UN official for the Middle East region told the Security Council on Monday. “It is imperative to…
By George Monbiot* – The Guardian Today the media are looking for scapegoats, but 20 years ago they helped facilitate the disastrous intervention Everyone is to blame for the catastrophe in Afghanistan, except the people who started it. Yes, Joe Biden screwed up by rushing out…
By Sebastian Strangio* – The Diplomat Will the National Unity Government ever be in a position to implement its pledge? Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has promised that it will “seek justice and accountability” for the horrific crimes committed against the…
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute Days after the Taliban drove into Kabul on August 15, its representatives started making inquiries about the “location of assets” of the central bank of the nation, Da Afghanistan Bank…
