International
Lula proposes a peace group to end the war in Ukraine
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that since “President Putin is not taking the initiative to stop [the conflict], Zelensky is not taking the initiative to stop [the conflict]. Europe and the United States continue to contribute to…
On the eve of the 9th International Symposium of the WCHS: “Crisis and Overcoming: Crossing the borders of thought”.
The 9th International Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies (WCHS) will take place the 28th, 29th, and 30th of April. Since the beginning of the WCHS international symposiums, 15 years have passed and the organisational deployment of volunteers…
Whither Multipolarity in a Changing World Order
The Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci presciently observed: “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum, a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” By Roger D. Harris…
An Invitation to Visit Hiroshima and Stand Up for Peace during the G7 Summit
As many peace advocates have probably already heard, this year’s G7 Summit will be held in Japan between the 19th and the 21st of May, in the City of Hiroshima, where many tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, were killed by…
What is currently happening in Afghanistan?
The possibility of a dignified life for women and girls has been kicked back to the dark ages in modern Afghanistan. Although the Taliban is not uniformly extreme in all parts of the country there are no signs of things…
Bangladesh’s other generosity to Sri Lanka: A friend in need is a friend indeed
During an economic crisis on a scale not seen before, events in Sri Lanka over the past YEAR have taken a dramatic turn. For many overseas Sri Lankans in particular, including me, it has led to months of uncertainty and…
Is Bangladesh slowly embracing an Indo-Pacific strategy?
Bangladesh is visibly and invisibly leaning toward the superpowers including the United States, China and Russia. But it also has friends and allies in the Middle East. India has been a proven friend, which has partnered with Bangladesh’s development. Bangladesh…
Diplomacy for Peace, Dead in US, Blossoms Elsewhere.
NYT writes premature Obit for Diplomacy as it thrives in the Middle East. John V. Walsh “Global Power Struggles Signal An End to An Era of Diplomacy.” So ran a page one headline for the New York Times April 11…
Leading lawyers take side of climate activists
As climate scientists offer final warnings on our planet’s future, climate activists are becoming more and more determined to force change – whatever the cost. Their protests are increasingly controversial and disruptive, as those looking to secure the planet’s future…
The Rise of the South: Can BRICS Weaken the Dominance of the IMF and World Bank?
Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF combined? But that once seemingly distant possibility now has real prospects which could change the political…
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