International issues

When historian Paul Kennedy published The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in 1987, his sweeping analysis of imperial decline—spanning 1500 to 1980—arrived at a moment of American triumphalism. The U.S. stood ascendant as its Cold War rival, the…

Kaja Kallas is the face of Europe’s self-defeating positions on China and self-loathing reverence for America Europe today practices a diplomacy that delivers no outcomes. Policies are not designed to protect interests, but rather scripted to signal virtue or hopeless…

India’s defiance might soon lead to trouble in its ties with the US unless one of them relents. There were high hopes late last year that “Trump Will Repair The Damage That Biden Dealt To Indo-US Ties” due to the…

This is Day 16 of the Veterans for Peace “40-Day Fast for Gaza.” https://embed.acast.com/$/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/fasting-for-gazans-kathy-kelly-brian-terrell-day-16? Since May 22, 2025, I’ve been speaking with peacemaker Kathy Kelly, who has been fasting to raise awareness about the starvation of the citizens of Gaza. It…

Global warming just got a brand-new source for trapping heat as Arctic tundra turns up the dial on CO2 emissions. It’s now in the ranks of cars, trains, and planes as an official emitter of carbon dioxide, CO2. But it…

The League of Nations, established after the First World War, was created to improve international cooperation and prevent future wars. However, it failed, and soon World War II began. After WWII, the United Nations (UN) was established. The primary reasons…

After two historic Russia-Africa summits, several conferences and bilateral meetings intended to move Russia’s relations from stagnation to growth, from low-level to another stage within the context of geopolitical competition and rivalry, has hit institutional obstacles including political bureaucracy and…

by Irshad Ahmad Mughal “Recent drone strikes deep inside Russian territory—destroying fighter jets—forced me to contemplate Earth’s future, especially after the latest India-Pakistan war crises. The Middle East is already engulfed in flames, with Israel relentlessly erasing Palestinian lives despite…

New assessment urges a climate-smart approach to Indonesia’s waste sector amid landfill crises and growing climate finance opportunities.   Bandung, 26 May 2025 — Composting organic waste and implementing decentralized zero waste strategies could enable Indonesia to meet its climate targets…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, observed on 10 June: The United Nations was built on a fundamental conviction:  dialogue is the path to peace. On this First International Day for Dialogue among…