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Trump and Putin are Ready to Talk. What’s Different?
Trump and Putin are Ready to Talk. What’s Different?
On August 6, U.S. President Donald Trump posted that special envoy Steve Witkoff had just returned from “a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.” Trump said that “Great progress was made!”
12.08.2025
Rising Sovereignty of the Global South
Rising Sovereignty of the Global South
Though still weighed down by debt and austerity, developing countries are beginning to chart alternative paths as a new mood takes hold in the Global South.
01.08.2025
Washington Takes on the BRICS
Washington Takes on the BRICS
Trump’s lashing out at the group of non-Western nations is so clumsy, so off the mark, so utterly unaware of where the hands are on history’s clock.
23.07.2025
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
11.07.2025
BRICS Forges Ahead Building a Different Order
BRICS Forges Ahead Building a Different Order
At their summit in Brazil, members of the expanding Global South group condemned recent Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran and Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Gaza, Abdul Rahman reports.
11.07.2025
Trump escalates global economic war
Trump escalates global economic war
After the passage of his budget which involves the biggest transfer of wealth in history into the hands of the financial oligarchs, US president Trump has now moved his tariff war against the rest of the world to the top of his economic agenda.
08.07.2025
The White House as Mad House
The White House as Mad House
It is time, plain and simple, to give up the thought that anything good is to come out of Trump’s next three and a half years.
30.05.2025
BRICS & Industrial Development
BRICS & Industrial Development
With the expansion of the group to more countries of the Global South, a revival of the “Bangdung Spirit” is taking place, but not without its contradictions.
22.04.2025
A New International Order?
A New International Order?
Progressives’ support for a multilateral world often ignores how much the emerging new world is similar to the old one, a point also missed by Jeffrey Sachs in speaking of a “new international order,” writes Asoka Bandarage.
17.04.2025
Old Man Shouting
Old Man Shouting
In his State of the Union address, Biden was the face of the U.S. imperium as it insists on prolonging itself. This is not a role with any originality or vision.
12.03.2024
Russia’s Turn From the West
Russia’s Turn From the West
Sergei Lavrov’s recent comments are a case of the subtext being vastly larger than the text
23.01.2024
US Declares "War"
US Declares "War"
Subjects the audaciously aggressive U.S. strategic posture to the kind of examination that he finds remarkably absent, even at the highest levels of government
20.10.2023
10 Problems With India’s Stance on Gaza
10 Problems With India’s Stance on Gaza
Modi’s expression of support for Israel exposes the paradox of India’s claim to be the leader of the Global South
11.10.2023
UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats
UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats
Challenges the right of two old colonial powers to lord over present-day geopolitics
29.09.2023
US Can’t Deal with Defeat
US Can’t Deal with Defeat
In the U.S., the strongest collective memory of America’s wars of choice is the desirability – and ease – of forgetting them. So it will be when we look at a ruined Ukraine in the rear-view mirror
22.09.2023
No Respite for France as "New Africa" Rises
No Respite for France as "New Africa" Rises
African states are one-by-one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. They are saying “non” to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic and security affairs
08.09.2023
G20: Last Waltz in a World Torn Apart
G20: Last Waltz in a World Torn Apart
Ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, an event conceived in the world of yesterday, before the new cold war came roaring in, has lost significance
06.09.2023
A "Desperate" Nuland in Africa
A "Desperate" Nuland in Africa
A South African official met an unprepared and “desperate” Victoria Nuland, begging for local help rolling back the popular coup in Niger. The recent BRICS conference might give Nuland even more to fret about, reports Anya Parampil
01.09.2023
India, a Reluctant BRICS Traveler
India, a Reluctant BRICS Traveler
M.K. Bhadrakumar says BRICS is transforming into the most representative community in the world, with an expanding membership that interacts while bypassing Western pressure
30.08.2023
BRICS to Expand to Counter US Dollar Dependence
BRICS to Expand to Counter US Dollar Dependence
The summit of the BRICS group of countries held last week marked a significant bid for greater economic influence on the world stage
29.08.2023
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Toward a Policy of Restrained Pessimism
Toward a Policy of Restrained Pessimism
Biden’s Parting Shot at America
Biden’s Parting Shot at America
French President Macron Warns Netanyahu Against Disregarding UN Decisions
French President Macron Warns Netanyahu Against Disregarding UN Decisions
French troops ordered out of Niger
French troops ordered out of Niger
Poland to Send Additional 2,000 Troops to Belarus Border
Poland to Send Additional 2,000 Troops to Belarus Border
Denmark Says Starting Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s
Denmark Says Starting Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s
US Not Concerned About Ukrainian Attacks in Russia Escalating the War
US Not Concerned About Ukrainian Attacks in Russia Escalating the War
G7 Should Be Shut Down
G7 Should Be Shut Down
The United States of Paralysis
The United States of Paralysis
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