Geopolitics
Chas Freeman – The Many Lessons of the Ukraine War
Moscow, Kyiv and Washington are caught in a fog of miscalculation Read HERE
Month: January 2024
Geopolitics
John Mearsheimer – Genocide in Gaza
South Africa has filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, for alleged violations by Israel of the Convention on the […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – Saving Israel by Ending Its War in Gaza
Joe Biden and the United States should stop supporting the Israeli genocide in Gaza Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor at Columbia University, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the […]
Media
Branko Milanović – The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
Information can be seemingly efficiently and costlessly transmitted today or over a very short time period, but is afterwards lost forever. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is […]
Geopolitics
Tarik Cyril Amar – Less than Zero Capitalism
We are not even living in a hopeless world, but a fatal one Tarik Cyril Amar (@TarikCyrilAmar) is a historian from Germany, currently at Koç University, Istanbul, expert on Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, and the […]
Geopolitics
Triestino Mariniello – The ICC Prosecutor’s Double Standards in the Time of an Unfolding Genocide
Next week the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hear South Africa’s case indicting Israel for its genocidal assault on Gaza. Meanwhile in the International Criminal Court (ICC)… Triestino Mariniello is Professor of Law at […]
Geopolitics
Jeff Faux: Two Cheers for Isolationism
The left should be arguing that the US’s purpose is its own redevelopment—which is incompatible with global primacy. Read HERE
EU politics
Robin Jaspert – How Europe Made Indebted African States Into Its Border Police
‘Since 2015, the EU has increasingly demanded that African states repress migration on its behalf. It secures their compliance through economic coercion — exploiting debt relations which have in recent times sharply turned in favor […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – What is the point of NATO?
NATO is still serving its purpose of keeping the United States in Europe, the Russians out, and the Germans down. In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.
Media
Victoria Brittain – John Pilger: A life telling truth to power
A stirring obituary to one of journalism’s finest. Victoria Brittain worked at The Guardian for many years and has lived and worked in Washington, Saigon, Algiers, Nairobi, and reported from many African, Asian and Middle […]