By Thomas Klikauer* – ZNetwork Regularly, Donald Trump is presented as a fascistic leader. Yet, he has no Italian-style Blackshirts roaming the streets and no Hitler-style SA or SS beating up opponents.
Fumiyasu Akegawa, Chair & CEO Devnet International / Japan The year 2025 has begun. In Japan, it is the 100th year of the Showa era, and it is also the 80th year since the end of World War II. As emphasized in every newspaper and TV news program, the world is in the midst of…
By Norman Solomon* – Common Dreams* While Biden refused to acknowledge the ethnic cleansing and mass murder that he kept making possible with bombs and political support for Netanyahu, Democrats in his orbit cooperated with silence or other types of evasion. When news broke over…
By Naomi Haupt* – ISS Today* As violence and instability rise, African countries must reaffirm their commitment to protecting children and support DDR initiatives. Roughly 21 000 children have been recruited as soldiers by government forces and armed groups across Africa in the…
By Doug Bandow* – 19FortyFive Key Points and Summary: President-elect Donald Trump has sparked controversy with expansionist aspirations, targeting Panama, Greenland, and even Canada for potential U.S. acquisition. -Trump’s rhetoric highlights concerns over the Panama Canal’s…
By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – MEER The shrinking scale of power and resistance Scales are conventions about proportionalities and the relationships between them. The idea of human scale is ancient and present in all cultures.
By David Shulman* – The New York Review A blank indifference to cruelty and atrocity as a normative mode of waging war has infected Israel’s collective conscience. This winter in Israel-Palestine is a dark one, and not because the days are shorter.
By Walden Bello* – Foreign Policy in Focus Laura Carlsen discusses how Claudia Sheinbaum will navigate a series of domestic challenges and a changing U.S.-Mexico relationship. In June 2024, Mexicans elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum to replace Andres Manuel Lopez…
Becker* – The Hill Say what you will about incoming President Trump, but some bothersome facts are self-evident. He is an old man stuck in old thinking at a time when the world is changing with unprecedented speed. Many changes won’t wait another four years until voters have…
By Shaher Al Shaher* – Modern Diplomacy What happened in Syria cannot be summarized as the fall of the ruling regime and the rise of another, due to Syria’s importance in the balance of power within regional and international politics. Syria’s importance lies in the fact that…
