International issues

A Contemplation by Sharmin Rahman Sumi Occupation: Deputy Controller of News Organization: Bangladesh Betar (Radio) The ‘3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence’ and ‘The Humanist Movement’. Some days earlier, I never heard of them or their activities. However, I…

by Mesay Berhanu Gemechu A recent article published online by Nilakantan RS strongly argues against GDP growth that can be achieved through population increase, indicating that it cannot be considered growth in real terms. Highlighting the Japanese experience as exemplary,…

Climate change has become a dollars and cents issue, especially for US homeowners. It’s no longer easily ignored or brushed away as a ‘hoax.” Only a fool would suggest that to an American homeowner. Anybody who owns real estate knows…

Post-Assad Syria is on the brink of all-out collapse that could turn it into the world’s largest hotbed of terrorism if this process isn’t soon averted. The epic collapse of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) over the past ten days…

On 21 November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued three arrest warrants as part of its investigation into the situation in Palestine, which has been ongoing since 2021. The warrants target two high-ranking Israeli officials, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…

An Important Distinction That the Media Has Been Missing About Trump’s Current Tariffs Threat Donald Trump, in a pre-inauguration day attempt to begin slowing down what has been termed the global “de-dollarization” process, has threatened to slap a 100% tariff…

Over 100,000 Soldiers Have Deserted the Ukrainian Army As bad as the situation on the ground in Ukraine was this past summer, it has continued to worsen over the course of the last few months. The Ukrainian military, who are…

The time has come to acknowledge that Sheikh Hasina, the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, will not face trial in Dhaka. Instead, the international community will hold her accountable for crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court (ICC)…

Two New Major Realizations By late 2023, it had become clear to countries all over the world that: Nearly 10 rounds of US/NATO economic sanctions against Russia had no effect. in fact, the sanctions had the opposite effect of the…

France and the US are expected to apply a three-pronged policy for pushing back against this. Thursday was an historic day for African geopolitics since Chad announced that it’s expelling French troops while Senegal said that it plans to do…