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Gen Z and the bankruptcy of “Company-Store Democracy”*: From nitrate tokens to a generational verdict

Across the arid pampas of Tarapacá and Antofagasta, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Chilean nitrate mining camps erected a system of total domination that went far beyond ordinary labor exploitation. Thousands of workers—Chileans, Bolivians, Peruvians, Croatians, Italians—lived…

What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like?

Awareness of the threats that NATO poses along these three fronts and the division of labor between the top five states therein – Finland, Sweden, Poland, Romania, and Turkiye – enables Russia to devise the most effective countermeasures and propose…

If Trump Is Serious About Peace, Marco Rubio Has to Go

Donald Trump campaigned on ending endless wars and now boasts that he has resolved eight wars. In reality, this claim is delusional, and his foreign policy is a disaster. The United States remains mired in ongoing wars in the Middle East and…

Message to Washington. India and Russia – Geopolitical Partners

India and Russia have opened a new chapter in their bilateral relations in December 2025, with an official visit of President Vladimir to New Delhi, India. Series of meetings held were create new business opportunities, expand prospects for strengthening economic…

54 Years after Independence, Birangonas of ’71 are Struggling in Brothels

By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau): Many Birangonas (female war heroes/victims) who were subjected to brutal torture by the Pakistani occupying forces and their collaborators (Razakars) during the Great Liberation War could not return to their families. Due to negative societal…

Trump’s interference invalidates the presidential election in Honduras

An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to progressive government and in all likelihood his preferred…

Rohingya Crisis: The Big Question—What Lies Ahead?

The word Rohingya refugee is about to settle in a dictionary now. Only woes continue for Rohingya refugees and make the atmosphere hostile, dump, nasty, and self-contained interest of some neighboring countries. Above one million Rohingya refugees are now becoming…

Generation Z: “To rise up against corruption, in alliance with all peoples”

David versus Goliath. At a press conference, the Peruvian Alliance Against Corruption, made up of various self-organized groups and spokespeople for Generation Z, announced the massive National March to be held this Saturday, June 6th, and Sunday, June 7th, demanding…

Russia Is Taking The Finnish Front Of The New Cold War Very Seriously

Medvedev’s article shows that Russia is prepared to tackle all Finnish-emanating threats from NATO. Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev published a scathing article at TASS in early September about “The New Finnish…

South Asia’s Lost Wisdom in an Age of Manufactured Hostility

South Asia, a region that once illuminated the world with its philosophy of balance, humility, and coexistence, today stands clouded by hostility and suspicion. The birthplace of some of humanity’s deepest moral and spiritual teachings has become a battleground of…

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