By Sam Vigersky* – Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) As prospects for U.S. intervention in Venezuela grow, an already dire humanitarian landscape risks unraveling further, raising urgent questions about whether the military options reportedly under review at the…
By Melvin Goodman* – CounterPunch The United States must not adopt the tactics of the enemy. Each time we do so, each time the means we use are wrong, our inner strength, the strength that makes us free, is lessened. – Senator Frank Church, 1976 The CIA has…
By Alon Ben Meir* – https://alonben-meir.com/ It is hard to imagine that there is not a single adult in Trump’s orbit to tell him that withdrawing from the many UN agencies that provide critical humanitarian services undermine rather than advance the US’s national interest…
By Adam Ratzlaff* and Jeffery A. Tobin* – Responsible Statecraft While the Trump administration is bombing, cutting aid and imposing tariffs, Beijing has been quietly forging trade ties all over the region. China was recently admitted as an observer to the Andean…
Hamelink* – Article sent to Other News by the author Whatever one may think about the US president it would seem that most people could agree on the classification of Donald Trump in the category of “bullies”. Bullies are the figures who from classrooms to family…
By Thomas Palley* – CounterPunch Argentina is back in the news with renewed financial turmoil spurred by President Milei’s poor political standing. That poor standing is the product of anger with Argentina’s dire economic performance and massive corruption within Milei’s…
By Simon Speakman Cordall* – Al Jazeera Analysts express concern over the rehabilitation of Israel, even as it says it has done no wrong. In both Israel and among its Western allies, the Gaza ceasefire deal is seen as an opportunity – to move on from the…
By Nicholas Oakes* – Modern Diplomacy Madagascar has become the latest flashpoint in a growing wave of youth-driven revolts sweeping across continents. Madagascar has become the latest flashpoint in a growing wave of youth-driven revolts sweeping across continents…
Por Carmen Navas Reyes* – Globetrotter Donald Trump is striving to leave his doctrine as his legacy to the world, which, as a guiding principle, seeks to reposition the United States as the holder of absolute military power and to disparage multilateralism. This is because we…
By Alon Ben Meir* – https://alonben-meir.com/ The ceasefire agreement and the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners is only the first step on the long and treacherous road that could end the calamitous, decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In my…
