By Laura Mahrenbach*, Narayanappa Janardhan*, Gedaliah Afterman*, and Maximilian Mayer* – Responsible Statecraft Often crossing continents, ‘workarounding’ is a strategy allowing states to cooperate on trade and policy outside rigid U.S.-China alignments. The global order was…
By Guy Standing* – Article sen to to Other News by the Author Freedom of speech has received a lot of attention recently. In the UK, it has been partly because of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act of 2023, which in amended form came into effect in August, but more…
By Nasratullah Taban* – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Children are denied education, women are barred from work, and minorities live under constant threat. Four years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan is experiencing what many call a “great muting.” This is not…
By Samuel King* – Inter Press Service (IPS) In early January, an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Venezuela followed a familiar path of paralysis. Members clashed over the US government’s abduction of Nicolás Maduro, with many warning it set a dangerous precedent, but no…
By Nuvpreet Kalra* – Common Dreams In both Cuba and Palestine, the United States is deploying its barbaric methods of producing mass suffering in order to bring about political and economic submission. Last week, the US government announced it would be sending $6 million in aid…
By Eric Alter* – Asia Times Gratitude benchmark quietly reshaping who counts as a true US partner and who gets sidelined for not showing enough appreciation. In US foreign policy right now, there is a growing split between countries Washington considers “grateful” and those it…
By Guilherme Schneider* – Modern Diplomacy Latin America is often described as a region “caught” between major powers; the language itself reveals a hidden assumption: that Latin American states have no agency, only alignment. Latin America is often described as a region…
Sachs* and Sybil Fares* – Common Dreams The Middle East stands at a crossroads between endless war and comprehensive peace. A framework for peace does exist.
By Priyal Singh* and Ronak Gopaldas* – Institute for Security Studies (ISS) The 2025 US National Security Strategy recasts Africa from partner to price tag in a transactional, resource-driven era of great-power rivalry. Amid a turbulent start to the year and the emergence of the…
By Jonathan Cook* – Middle East Eye A handful of figures will be sacrificed – but only to protect a wider culture that believes rules don’t apply to the ruling elite. If you struggle to cope with the endless pressure to communicate in an ever-more connected world, spare a…
