By Trang Chu* and Tim Morris* – The Conversation What turns a democratically elected leader into an authoritarian? The process is rarely abrupt.
By Josephine Ma* – South China Morning PostAmerican economist sees China as key to the global energy transition to zero-carbon energy, especially in markets outside US and Europe.The tariff truce between China and the United States is set to end in August. What do you forecast…
By Trishala S* – Modern Diplomacy As the geopolitical influence of the United States contracts under successive waves of nationalist retrenchment, China has strategically advanced into Latin America and the Caribbean. As the geopolitical influence of the United States contracts…
By Rebecca Martin Goldschmidt* and Seiji Yamada* – CounterPunch As the Zionist project devolves from apartheid and ethnic cleansing to the final solution of its decades-long genocide, we also commemorate 80 years since the August 6 and August 9 nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* – Article sent to Other News by the author The future of Brazilian democracy is looking bright again despite the clouds on the horizon. The main reasons are as follows. The President of the Republic of Brazil, Lula da Silva, is today the most…
By Timothy Hopper* – Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF)* From Europe to China, Trump’s unilateral policies have often produced the opposite of their intended effects. Donald Trump rose to power on the grandiose slogan of “Make America Great Again,” pledging to restore the…
By Alon Ben-Meir* – InDepthNews (IDN) The war crimes perpetrated by the Netanyahu government against Palestinians have seriously harmed Jews around the world, as many Jewish leaders not only remained silent in the wake of these crimes, but also actively tried to silence critics…
By Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa* – Asia Times Forget a trilateral global order – in the new arithmetic of power, America coerces, China contains and Europe complies The most epic reverse colonization in history happened with a handshake. At the Scotland Summit (July…
By Vijay Prashad* – Tricontinental A study in The Lancet estimates that unilateral sanctions have caused as much death as wars, with an estimated half a million deaths per year. Those who do not live in war zones or in suffocated countries are forced to live life as if…
By Norman Solomon* – Common Dreams During this century, in the Middle East, the U.S.-Israel duo has vastly outdone all other entities combined in the categories of killing, maiming, and terrorizing. For decades, countless U.S. officials have proclaimed that the bonds between the…
