Why Has Africa Become the Epicentre of Terrorism and Why Should Southeast Asia Care?

By Phar Kim Beng* and Luthfy Hamzah* – Asia Times Trump’s UN speech railing against migration gave a green light to repressive regimes everywhere to target minorities. When US President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on its 80th…

Expert Brief by Catherine Powell*, Beth Van Schaack* and Desirée Cormier Smith* – Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) The Trump administration has chosen to retreat from UN human rights standards and processes. These decisions make Americans less safe.

By Robert Hunziker* – CounterPunch But Net Zero Needs $7 Trillion/Yr China is establishing a world leadership role via green energy as the consummate bargaining tool. Its foreign direct investment, led by its green tech industry, over the past three years, is upwards of $227…

Jennings* – In Depth News (IDN) The barely viable Two-State Solution appears to have made a brief comeback at the United Nations General Assembly. Emmanuel Macron of France and Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine—one young, one old—huffed and puffed in the attempt to put new life into a…

By Erin Aubry Kaplan* – Capital & Main The Supreme Court’s decision gives federal agents license to treat Latinos like second-class citizens, condoning the same racial profiling Black Americans have long faced from police. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court sided with the…

By Jonathan Power* – InDepthNews (IDN) The words still ring in policy-makers’ ears from Harvard Professor Samuel Huntington’s famous treatise, The Clash of Civilizations. This book, in many ways, triggered the paranoia that has infected politicians, the press, and public…