By Imran Khalid* – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Xi Jinping is betting that in a world weary of chaos, the power that brings equipment, credit, and continuity will ultimately prevail. The current volatility in the Middle East has once again placed the global security…
ScheerPost Staff Jeffrey Sachs has been warning for years that the “unipolar moment” was never real — and in this conversation with Glenn Diesen, he lays out the clearest case yet. Trump’s failure in the Iran War, Sachs argues, didn’t just expose the limits of one…
By Mel Gurtov* – CounterPunch Another Venezuela? Negotiations are ongoing between the US and Cuba as the Trump administration decides whether or not to apply the Venezuela model to Cuba.
By Fawaz Gerges* – The Guardian Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme. Donald Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran will be remembered as a grave strategic…
By Nicholas Mwangi – Peoples Dispatch The France–Africa Summit is set to take place on May 11–12, 2026, framed around innovation and growth. However, progressive movements challenge this narrative, viewing it instead as part of a broader imperial repositioning in Africa. In…
Editorial / Analysis – The Cradle The US-Israeli war on Iran has given Gulf monarchies fresh cover to deepen repression, criminalize dissent, and tighten their grip over every version of reality that falls outside the state line. Since 28 February, the US and Israel have been…
By By Eldar Mamedov* – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) In his opposition to the Iran War and condemnation of the genocide in Gaza, the Spanish prime minister has supported a principled multilateralism. Restrainers in the West have found themselves homeless.
By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – Meer War and peace as dual strategies of domination in contemporary global politics. In what is perhaps the best book on Hitler, Allan Bullock wrote in Hitler: A Study in Tyranny that Hitler’s philosophy is the natural philosophy of the…
By Brad Reed* – Common Dreams “A world where soft power has real and lasting impact is simply less profitable for a company like Palantir relative to a world where we blow a lot of stuff up,” said one critic. Scholars on authoritarianism are expressing alarm after tech company…
By Alon Ben Meir* – https://alonben-meir.com/ For decades, five powerful actors—the United States, the Arab states, the European Union, AIPAC, and Israel’s own opposition—have all claimed to seek Israeli-Palestinian peace while enabling permanent occupation, together…
