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As the US Pivots Toward Multipolar Shores, Europe Heads Directly for the Abyss (Part 2)
Introduction: Reflecting Briefly on Part 1 A considerable portion of part one of this two part article consisted of a synthesis of how and why the last two and 1/2 decades of American foreign policy have been crippling for the…
On the book “Ukraine, The big Plan” written by Leonidas Vatikiotis
On Friday 9 May 2025, in a packed hall at the Greek Union of Editors of Daily Press, the presentation of the new book by Leonidas Vatikiotis, “Ukraine, The Grand Plan, Even if it didn’t exist, it would have to…
Sowing Seeds of Hope in a Garden of Hate
by Irshad Ahmad When the air reeks with the acrid smell of war, fear seeps into our souls. Life loses meaning, and the future turns bleak. Amidst the chaos, friends and foes alike obsess over statistics—counting losses like arithmetic…
As the US Pivots Toward Multipolar Shores, Europe Heads Directly for the Abyss (Part 1)
Introduction: An Optimal Way to Begin Many Americans automatically assume that their preferred political party’s foreign policy aims are substantively congruent with that party’s proclaimed domestic agenda. This simply isn’t the case though, and it’s been one of the primary…
Chile: The extermination of the democratic press by the post-dictatorship Concertación governments
Interview with Juan Pablo Cárdenas (2008) In the 1990s, the right-wing Concertación governments adopted a policy of annihilating the centre-left print media that had laboriously emerged in the 1980s in opposition to the dictatorship. Basically, this was done by maintaining…
Indian Balochs Urge for the Recognition of an Independent Balochistan
Guwahati: The Baloch descendants have urged the United Nations to recognize Balochistan as an independent nation out of Pakistan. In a letter, addressed to UN secretary-general António Guterres, the Baloch Welfare Association in India, demanded to support the Baloch nation’s…
Chile: Walk for Julia Chuñil denounces official silence six months after her disappearance
Despite a persistent rain, yesterday afternoon various social organisations grouped together in the Espacio Día a día por Julia Chuñil (Day by Day for Julia Chuñil) demonstrated outside the headquarters of four branches of the Chilean state to protest their…
The Perpetual Cycle of Mistrust in South Asia
by Irshad Ahmad The guns may eventually fall silent, but the poison of distrust will linger – seeping deeper into our collective psyche. The specter of “the enemy” will haunt our consciousness far longer than we anticipate. Media outlets, addicted…
EcoWaste Coalition Makes Last-Ditch Appeal for Basura-Free Polls
8 May 2025, Quezon City. As the mid-term election campaign enters its final stretch, an environmental watchdog group urged both national and local candidates to comply with Republic Act No. 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, and keep…
Back from the dead?
Trump is trying to rebuild the Iran nuclear deal he destroyed, then declare personal triumph, writes Linda Pentz Gunter There is deep irony in the current efforts by the Trump administration to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, given it…
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