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Historic Agreement: Six democratic conditions to break with continuity

The electoral campaign for the General Elections in Peru is heating up, and civil society is mobilizing through the Citizen Historical Agreement (AHC). This agreement proposes six democratic conditions for good governance for the 2026-2031 term to the candidates for…

The new phase of Cuban foreign policy and its positioning amid the global crisis

In a series of responses to international media published this week, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel explicitly outlined Havana’s political and geostrategic orientation in the face of the main global challenges of 2026. His statements reaffirmed longstanding principles of Cuban foreign…

Israel, Amnesty International: No to the return of the death penalty

Amnesty International has called on Knesset members to vote against a series of bills containing controversial amendments that would allow Israeli courts to expand the use of the death penalty through arbitrary application against Palestinians. The call was made on…

B’Tselem publishes new report on Israeli prisons

B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, has published a new report on the state of Israeli prisons, entitled “Living Hell,” on its website. “Living Hell” follows B’Tselem’s August 2024 report “Welcome to Hell.” Building on the in-depth research and analysis…

The law of war at a critical point: the warning from the Geneva Academy

International humanitarian law emerged from the extreme experience of the twentieth century. The Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols were not conceived as abstract moral declarations, but as a concrete attempt to impose limits on violence even in war. That…

Fragile talks, diplomacy on the brink: The United States and Iran resume dialogue in Oman

The talks that the United States and Iran will begin this Friday in Oman are not negotiations in the full sense of the term, but an exercise in containment. They are fragile, exploratory and politically unstable. That is precisely their…

Basant Returns to Lahore: Between Memory, Merriment, and Responsibility

After nearly two decades of absence, the Government of Punjab has announced the revival of the Basant Kite-flying Festival in Lahore, scheduled for 6, 7, and 8 February 2026. The decision marks a significant cultural moment for the city, reopening…

How Will Key Countries Respond To The US’ Attempted Restoration Of Unipolarity?

The US’ restoration of unipolarity risks sparking another World War if cooler heads don’t prevail. The US’ new National Security and Defense Strategies, which collectively articulate the “Trump Doctrine”, make clear that the US’ grand strategic goal is to restore its predominant position…

Conflicts and persistent human rights violations in Sudan and other regions

Behind this architecture of power and crossed vetoes lie concrete bodies. In Sudan, women have been systematically used as spoils of war: gang rapes, sexual slavery, abductions, and forced pregnancies form part of a pattern documented by humanitarian organizations and…

Olympic machismo and structural exclusion: the protest of women in Nordic Combined in 2026

In January 2026, during official Nordic Combined World Cup events held in Central Europe —with visible actions in venues such as Seefeld, Austria, and Oberstdorf, Germany— athletes from the women’s circuit staged the most forceful protest to date against their…

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