International relations

Jeffrey Sachs Briefs UN on US Aggression in Venezuela
Jeffrey Sachs Briefs UN on US Aggression in Venezuela
The author advises the Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities by immediately affirming a series of actions in response to the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
06.01.2026
New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders
New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders
It is no use hoping for any alteration in the collective West’s course so long as today’s “purported leaders” remain in office.
02.01.2026
A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit
A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit
The United States finds itself at a moment when the gap between power and prudence has rarely been more visible.
22.12.2025
The Russian-US “New Détente” Could Revolutionize The Global Economic Architecture
The Russian-US “New Détente” Could Revolutionize The Global Economic Architecture
China would no longer occupy the central role therein, which would help the US and its Asian allies better compete with it, while Russia would move from the periphery of the existing architecture towards its core due to the importance of its strategic resources in this new paradigm.
17.12.2025
War With China Lurks Beneath US-Australia Talks
War With China Lurks Beneath US-Australia Talks
Nuclear-powered submarines and critical-mineral investments under AUKUS tie Australia ever closer to U.S. conflict with China, writes Julia Norman.
17.12.2025
The Death of Ukraine’s Dream of NATO Membership
The Death of Ukraine’s Dream of NATO Membership
Ukraine’s dream of NATO membership is dead. It died, surprisingly, not on the battlefields of Ukraine nor at the negotiating table with Russia.
15.12.2025
Marco Rubio, Forever-War Maker
Marco Rubio, Forever-War Maker
The U.S. secretary of state has consistently undercut Trump’s professed goals of diplomacy, negotiated settlements and “America First” priorities, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
11.12.2025
Europe in Panic Over US Strategy for Stability With Russia
Europe in Panic Over US Strategy for Stability With Russia
Alastair Crooke on the Trump administration’s most recent National Security Strategy, which critiques U.S. pursuit of global primacy as a failure.
09.12.2025
Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive on Arrival)
Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive on Arrival)
Yury Ushakov, Putin’s man on Ukraine, said there’s no firm plan for Ukraine yet and some American ideas are acceptable to Russia, some not. But the plan is not dead.
05.12.2025
A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger
A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger
Apocalypse Soon? Returning a Final Time to Cheyenne Mountain
04.12.2025
Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run
Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the illusion that the U.K. is a democracy. A mass movement is needed to address ten major issues, write Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock.
02.12.2025
Trump Is the Destroyer of Peace
Trump Is the Destroyer of Peace
Initiating a war is a despicable thing to do regardless of the pretext.
02.12.2025
What Defeat Looks Like
What Defeat Looks Like
As in Potsdam at the end of the Second World War, the only path forward now is working out the terms of Ukraine’s defeat. And there is still time to save lives, writes Stefan Moore.
01.12.2025
The Beat of UK War Drums
The Beat of UK War Drums
Talk about a Russian ship “inside British waters” is the normal refuge of extremely unpopular governments. It is also part of the military industrial complex’s tightening grip on the state.
21.11.2025
Escalating the Escalation
Escalating the Escalation
Greg Grandin provides a short history of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
19.11.2025
UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine
UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine
The council endorsed Donald Trump’s neo-colonial governing board over a territory that he said should be depopulated to make way for his resort fantasy to be built on the bones of the victims of Israel’s genocide, reports Joe Lauria.
18.11.2025
Iran: Three Things The New York Times Gets Wrong
Iran: Three Things The New York Times Gets Wrong
On November 9, The New York Times published an update on the situation with Iran’s nuclear program. The article contains some valuable material. But it also gets three important things wrong.
17.11.2025
The US Banana Republic
The US Banana Republic
Every dictatorship is a grotesque opera buffa. No encomium is too outrageous. No bribe too small. No violation of civil liberties too extreme. No stupidity too absurd. All dissent, no matter how tepid, is treason.
13.11.2025
Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
Al–Sharaa’s White House visit is a reminder of Washington’s longstanding abhorrence of democratic processes and anyone — beyond the perimeter of the West and sometimes within it — who stands for them.
12.11.2025
Dick Cheney (1941–2025): The Dark Legacy of a War Criminal
Dick Cheney (1941–2025): The Dark Legacy of a War Criminal
Former U.S. vice president Richard “Dick” Cheney died on 3 November 2025 at age 84; his family said he had suffered from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
05.11.2025
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The FBI’s Raid on Peace
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Destabilizing the US-Russian Nuclear Balance
Destabilizing the US-Russian Nuclear Balance
Ðiên Biên Phú at 70
Ðiên Biên Phú at 70
Washington urged to keep promise on Taiwan question
Washington urged to keep promise on Taiwan question
Macron Says France Will Withdraw Troops, Ambassador from Niger
Macron Says France Will Withdraw Troops, Ambassador from Niger
As British Schools Crumble
As British Schools Crumble
The Bongo Family’s 56-Year Rule Over Gabon
The Bongo Family’s 56-Year Rule Over Gabon
US Expected to Announce New $1.3 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine
US Expected to Announce New $1.3 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine
S.Korea largest opposition party to visit Japan
S.Korea largest opposition party to visit Japan
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