Peace and Disarmament

In Kiev, I met up with Yurii Sheliazhenko, recently released after arbitrary detention; we met up with another conscientious objector, Oleksandr Ivanov, a pacifist and Quaker. Oleksandr was born in Donetsk and has lived in Kiev since 2015, when the…

What will it take for the world to call things by their name? How many houses were demolished? How many schools shut down? How many Palestinians have been killed with no one held to account? How many villages emptied into…

This war is hubris and barbarity. In this absurd conflict, we have arrived at a 10-point plan that has already been accepted by “all sides,” along with a ceasefire. The ceasefire was ratified by the new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba…

It seems that certain German politicians have learned nothing from the past. Cancellar Merz of the CDU/SPD coalition wants that Germany’s army becomes the biggest of Europe. The German budget spending on the military sored and is producing an ever…

The sequence that Trump threatened if no deal was reached before the expiry of his deadline would have cut China off from half of the oil that it imported by sea last year and likely set Afro-Eurasia aflame in resource…

The victor only be confidently determined upon the conclusion of a peace deal based on the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium, nuclear program, missile program, oil exports to China, and the petroyuan. The US and Iran agreed to a two-week…

By Aminul Haque Bhuiyan (Dhaka Bureau) In a significant move aimed at strengthening regional cooperation and non-violent diplomacy, Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman is set to embark on a high-profile diplomatic mission to India on April 7. He will be accompanied…

In modern warfare, there is an unwritten rule: striking energy infrastructure means striking the very heart of a society. It is not only about military objectives or geopolitical strategies. Energy is what keeps hospitals, transportation systems, water supply networks, industries,…

In the past twenty days, the conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has entered a new and dangerous phase of military escalation. While governments discuss deterrence, strategy, and regional security, the reality on the ground appears very different:…

We gathered yesterday evening to demonstrate against the war, against the American-backed Israeli aggression in Iran and the invasion of Lebanon, against the ongoing oppression and murder in the West Bank and Gaza. This is the fifth week in a…