Politics

America’s democracy is under threat from a velvet-glove authoritarianism. Citizens must act now—beyond the ballot box—to defend freedom and accountability. For generations, Americans have been taught that the United States is the world’s beacon of democracy. Politicians across the spectrum…

“There is no ocean without an owner, no ice without a price. The melting opens routes, but also claims that are worth more than oil.” The Northern Sea Route (NSR), also known as the Northeast Passage, is a shipping route…

The opening scene says it all: Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, struts at the port of Ashdod before the international activists recently abducted in international waters. He forces them to sit on the ground, calls them “terrorists” before the…

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the port of Ashdod on October 2 as if staging a scene carefully designed for public humiliation. In front of cameras and microphones, he stood before dozens of international activists seated on…

The contemporary world seems trapped in a machinery designed for forgetting. A machinery made of foolish algorithms that reward banality and one-minute trending topics, while rendering invisible the struggles that should shake consciences. The solidarity flotilla that sailed toward Gaza…

Within the context of rapidly changing geopolitics, Russia and Ghana are closely aligned in their efforts to sustain their bilateral relations. In an interview during a working visit to the Republic of Ghana, in early October 2025, Dmitry Savelyev, State…

Context for International Readers: Tomás Hirsch is currently campaigning for re-election as a Deputy for District 11 in the Chilean parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 16, 2025. This district encompasses the municipalities (comunas) of Las Condes, Lo Barnechea, La Reina,…

I don’t know if it was planned or just a tremendous historical coincidence that the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla were intercepted by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) between the night of October 1st and the dawn of this…

The proposal to burn Manila’s waste that is clogging the city’s drainage and create “renewable energy” to solve the dual problem of waste and flooding seems to be a nice idea. But this marketing gimmick has failed to get the…

A modest territorial concession, backed by NATO guarantees and Russian investment, could end the stalemate, secure Ukrainian sovereignty, and lay the groundwork for lasting European stability. The war in Ukraine grinds on with no end in sight. Cities lie in…