Politics

The wisdom of an old Punjabi proverb—”While busily searching elsewhere for the thief, I looked back and found the donkey tied under the banyan tree”—rings painfully true in today’s world. It perfectly captures the absurdity of the recent Iran-Israel conflict,…

While bombs and invasions draw widespread condemnation, economic sanctions—marketed as peaceful and humane alternatives—continue to inflict mass suffering, largely unchecked. From Iran and Venezuela to Gaza, sanctions quietly devastate civilian populations, while entrenching the very global inequalities they claim to…

Trump Opens a Big Can of Worms Donald Trump is completely betraying his MAGA base. His base elected him on a nationalist, isolationist platform centered around closed borders, pulling US troops out of foreign nations and stopping the neocons’ forever-wars.…

The recent ceasefire declared between Iran and the U.S.-Israel axis might appear to be a temporary pause in escalating tensions. However, it reflects a deeper geopolitical reality: the Islamic Republic of Iran has not only withstood sustained pressure but, in…

Nobody saw it coming. Iran and Israel surprised the world by agreeing to a ceasefire precisely at the point when most observers expected their war to spiral out of control. Trump’s decision to bomb several nuclear sites in Iran and…

The recent report from the Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI), despite its assertion that “understanding the conditions for peaceful solutions to international conflicts is a key part of their work”, has just issued alarming news that there is a “clear…

A Friend Asked Me a Question Yesterday A friend of mine posed a question to me yesterday. They asked: “I know you’re philosophically against war and all, but aren’t you at least rooting for Ukraine to win against Russia?” The…

As reported by the EFE news agency today, Spain will ask the European Union to ‘immediately’ suspend the association agreement with Israel, an embargo on arms sales by the EU. “It is not denunciations that will stop this inhumane war…

The ancient art of storytelling through animal fables once served as humanity’s moral compass, with philosophers and saints using tales of “talking beasts” to counsel rulers against tyranny. Yet in our modern era, where abstract academic theories dominate education, we’ve…

We thank Anthony Donovan for providing Pressenza in NYC with the transcript of the statement delivered today, June 22, 2025, by Iran’s Ambassador to the U.N. during the Security Council Emergency Meeting. Thank you, Madam President, for your valuable efforts…