Por Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – Meer Confucian thought, China’s rise in the BRICS, and the quest for a more just multipolar world. Current affairs note: At first glance, this text seems futile in light of the recent attack by Israel and the US on Iran, one of the new members…
By Angelo Toma – Geopolitical Monitor As East Africa experiences a digital awakening, a new geopolitical fault line is emerging – not over ports or pipelines, but language models. The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems trained in Swahili, a lingua…
By Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa* – Asia Times Lacking the ability to enforce its interests, Europe mustn’t keep subsidizing US arms makers while alienating Chinese markets. In the opening moves of Trump’s second presidency, a pattern has emerged…
By Cris Hedges* – Sheerpost There is not much more that can be said about the unfathomable levels of devastation the genocide in Gaza has reached. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has been chronicling the genocide…
Sachs* and Sybil Fares* – Article sent to Other News by the authors The attack by Israel and the US on Iran had two significant effects. First, it once again exposed the root cause of turmoil in the region: Israel’s project to “reshape the Middle East” through regime-change…
By Ramesh Jaura* – Peace. Sustainability! rjaura.substack.com The Sevilla conference offers a pivotal chance to change direction. At a time when global temperatures are breaking records, wars are straining budgets, and economic inequality is on the rise, the world is also facing…
By Graham Peebles* – CounterPunch We are living in an increasingly lawless, shadowy world—where international conventions and institutions are not just ignored, but actively undermined, as powerful states engage in acts amounting to state terrorism. From Russia’s illegal…
By Andrew Gawthorpe* – The Conversation Donald Trump is a difficult figure to deal with, both for foreign leaders and figures closer to home who find themselves in his crosshairs. The US president is unpredictable, sensitive and willing to break the rules to get his way.
By Alon Ben-Meir* – https://alonben-meir.com/ Israel’s refusal to acknowledge Palestinian rights and humanity perpetuated a zero-sum narrative where Jewish safety is predicated on Palestinian dehumanization and death. Israel’s and the US’ attack against Iran’s nuclear…
By Martin Kettle* – The Guardian The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defence. Nato’s Hague summit was an orchestrated grovel at the feet of Donald Trump.
