By James E. Jennings* ATLANTA, USA | 7 January 2026 (IDN) — On January 3, key figures of the American government lined up in front of TV cameras at Florida’s Mar-a-Lago White House and bragged about the latest American whiz-bang overseas war—this time against Venezuela—which included violating the U.S. Constitution, breaking a host of international […]
A Global Piracy For All To See
By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK | 7 January 2026 (IDN) — Trump’s actions in Venezuela are morally calamitous, showing a perilous disregard for human dignity and the rights of ordinary Venezuelans to be free from external forces. Although Maduro is a corrupt autocrat who has often ruled by decree, no country has the right to […]
When War Slowly Loses Its Legitimacy
By Jonathan Power* As the United States’ invasion of Venezuela dominates headlines, it obscures a quieter but significant truth: despite setbacks, the world has steadily moved away from war as a legitimate instrument of policy. LUND, Sweden | 6 January 2026 (IDN) — When it comes to war, the world does move on for the […]
From Divine Rule to Popular Revolt
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 5 January 2026 (IDN) —What drives people to extremes? Why do the people behind Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (IS) get so charged up and angry? To understand this dynamic, it is helpful to return to 16th-century Europe and the furious debates over the divine right of kings. Monarchs […]
2025 Exposed A Myth: The ‘American Dream’ Is A Debt Trap
By Kalinga Seneviratne* BANGKOK, Thailand | 5 January 2026 (IDN) — The US President Donald Trump’s Tariff War on the rest of the world in 2025 should go down in history as the year when the ‘American Dream” unraveled as a Debt Trap. In 2008, the so-called subprime lending crisis gave a hint of it, […]
Why 2026 Marks ‘The New Disorder World’
BUT IT IS NOT INEVITABLE By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com/ BERLIN | 3 January 2026 (WorldView) — There was a time when humanitarian statistics startled the world. A million displaced people made headlines. A famine declaration triggered emergency summits. Images of starving children or bombed-out cities forced leaders to respond, […]
Cyclone Ditwah Exposed Sri Lanka’s Real Housing Crisis
A Land-Use and Population Capacity Analysis By Sydney Marcus Silva NEW JERSEY, USA | 31 December 2025 (IDN) — Sri Lanka’s recurring housing crises, increasingly intensified by climate-related disasters, reflect long-standing structural failures in land-use planning rather than absolute land scarcity. This article examines the relationship between environmental constraints, historical land transformation, and contemporary settlement […]
Russia–Africa: Foreign Minister Lavrov Points to Weak Media Coverage
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | 27 December 2025 (IDN) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has sharply criticised the near absence of African media presence in the Russian Federation, arguing that this gap undermines the development of a positive and balanced Russia–Africa relationship. Speaking at the plenary session of the Ministerial Conference held in […]
Europe’s Rearmament: A Test of Democracy
Support is real, but the most challenging political test comes later By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com/ BERLIN | 27 December 2025 (IDN) — Europe is taking on debt to fund its defence, building up its military, and asking people to be patient. History shows that the real political challenges often […]
The Democrats’ Greatest Challenge Ever
By Dr. Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 27 December 2025 (IDN) — The Democrats can potentially wrest control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections only if they listen very carefully to what the American people are yearning for. The public cares less about left, right, or centrist slogans; they want a government that provides […]