‘Far Too Little, Far Too Late,’ Say Critics as Biden Finally Removes Cuba From Terror List

By Stuart Rees* – Pearls and Irritations In numerous journals and newspapers, death and destruction in Sudan is described as probably the greatest, certainly the most neglected, humanitarian catastrophe in existence. Save the Children identifies 15 million people, more than one…

By Ahmad Ibsais* – Mondoweiss The fires burning in Palestine and Los Angeles today are symptoms of the same disease: a system that values conquest over conservation, profit over people, and expansion over existence. For the last few days, I have stared at my phone watching…

By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. Davies* – Common Dreams Neutrality resolves the root causes of the conflict for all the countries involved, and therefore provides a stable and sustainable solution.Ukrainian Neutrality Is Still the Key to Peace President-elect Trump said on…

Sachs* and Ehud Shapiro* – Common Dreams The sheer majority of people in the Middle East, and in the world, yearn for peace. Yet a violent extremist minority commits the region to endless war.

By Stewart Patrick* – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Reviving the interventionist Monroe Doctrine would be deeply counterproductive to U.S. foreign policy and the global order. At a press conference on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump once again vowed to push…

By Mariamme Latif Estafan* – Modern Diplomacy The immediate entry of Israeli forces into Syria following their liberation from the Assad regime is unnecessary and counterproductive, exacerbating the country’s instability and undermining Syria’s path to sovereignty. The recent…