The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the Global South. [...]
Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at [...]
Matt Kennard shows in his new book that the bipartisan War on Terror laid the groundwork for the Trump presidency and the rise of fascism — now, with extremists empowered, we face the consequences. In [...]
Russian nuclear deterrence is a European interest too. Communication channels are essential – this needs to be managed well. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted [...]
“Democracy” is a slogan, a value-judgement more than it is a description, and a term of praise and abuse in political debates more than a defined programme. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the [...]
An analysis of the current state of negotiations between Iran and the United States Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s [...]
The idea of Trump and Netanyahu was to destroy Iran as a force within the region, thereby forcing all countries in the Middle East to submit to their colonial plans. That clearly hasn’t happened. David [...]
Tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and the US don’t seem to have scuppered a possible deal yet, but long term the threat Israel poses to Lebanon may make any lasting peace impossible. Trita Parsi is the [...]
Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, [...]
