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Europe on the brink of a Geopolitical Blackout

Europe has entered a zone of energy fragility that is no longer temporary but structural. Its narrative as a global power is crumbling under a brutal reality: it depends on external decisions to keep its own lights on. Decades of…

Creating Religious Rift for Getting Political Power: A Himalayan Threat to the Indian Democracy 

Karl Marx stated that Religion is the opium of the people. The Indian political parties have understood the hidden importance and the utility of this Quote and started using it to lure the masses for their political gains. The Bharatiya …

Trump’s Assault On The UN Is Self-Defeating

There is no other way to describe how the Trump administration is treating the UN other than self-defeating and detrimental to the US’s national interests, while substantially eroding its influence worldwide. It is hard to fathom how on earth Trump,…

Macabre accusation: Possible Organ harvesting from Palestinian Prisoners, a Crime akin to nazism

Following the accusation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health and hospitals in Gaza regarding the possible illicit extraction of organs from prisoners and bodies returned by Israel, an extremely grave scenario is emerging, one that could constitute flagrant violations of…

The World’s Hunger. Geopolitics of Food

“Hunger isn’t a lack of food, it’s too much power in too few hands.” “Whoever controls wheat controls peace. Whoever controls hunger controls the world.” Food is humanity’s oldest strategic resource and the most decisive one for the future. No…

The International Order Is Over! What Now, Brazil?

Brazil lacks a popular national project capable of sealing a strategic pact between sectors of the elite interested in the country’s reindustrialisation and popular sectors, mediated by a state capable of leading a sovereign development project, Marco Fernandes writes. Still, it has a chance to resume a ‘proud and active’…

The time has come to break down the wall between humanist aspirations and and the reality of today’s world

Humanists are women and men of this century, of this time. They recognize the achievements of humanism throughout history, and find inspiration in the contributions of many cultures, not only those that today occupy centre stage. They are also men…

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sovereignty in the Face of 21st-Century Powers

“Artificial intelligence is not just algorithms or data. It is power, control, and sovereignty. The 21st century is being decided in servers, in submarine cables, and in digital laws that will determine who rules the new global order.” Artificial intelligence…

Who is Claudia talking to?

No one can deny the abilities of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. If we were to draw an analogy between her performance in public office and that of, say, an outstanding professional athlete, we would observe above-average “physical condition”; we would…

Here’s Hoping the “Galunggong” Catch Outlasts Our Memory

by George Banez “If not adobo, what food do you miss?”  I asked Dr. Margarita Lavides, fellow academic residing in the U.S.  Currently teaching at universities in the New York metropolitan area, she moved to New Jersey in 2015. After earning…

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