Time for Peace, Dialogue and Nuclear Disarmament By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 24 November 2025 (IDN) — At a moment of rising nuclear danger, scientists, diplomats, and a global Buddhist community converged on Hiroshima and Tokyo in search of a different future for humanity. From 1 to 5 […]
Situation Report Special: Defense pleads there is no Dutch jurisdiction for the charges against ‘Walid’ and disputes strength of evidence
The summary of the first 5 hearing days can be accessed on the EEPA website. Walid hearing: Summary of Day 6 (per 24 November 2025) Day 6 of the court hearing in the case of alleged human trafficker Tewelde Goitom “Walid” covered the plea by the defense. The defense pleaded for Walid’s acquittal on the […]
Global Hunt of Journalists Is Feeding Totalitarianism
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 22 November 2025 (IDN) — The global assault on journalists is a deadly threat linked not only to authoritarian regimes—where free expression is routinely strangled—but also to some ostensibly “democratic” governments that actively seek to conceal their nefarious activities. Being a journalist in many parts of the world has […]
Bandung at 70: A Model for a World Falling Apart
Europe and China Hold the Tools By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 21 November 2025 (IDN) — “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, […]
Who Is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 21 November 2025 (IDN) — On November 17, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution endorsing President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump himself and an International Stabilization Force (ISF). Among its core tasks, the ISF is expected […]
Situation Report Special: Prosecution demands 20 years in prison, placing Walid at the center of a “well-oiled organization”
The summary of the first 4 hearing days can be accessed on the EEPA website. Walid hearing: Summary of Day 5 (per 19 November 2025) Day 5 of the court hearing in the case of alleged human trafficker Tewelde Goitom “Walid” covered the indictment by the public prosecutor, establishing the identity of Walid, arguing jurisdiction […]
Perfect Peace in Antarctica
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 19 November 2025 (WorldView) — In 1772, sailing to the far south, Captain James Cook deflated the prevailing myth of Antarctica, that it was a temperate land, fertile and populated. Although he never landed on the continent, he saw the vast icebergs, the frozen sea and the “worst weather […]
Naval Nuclear Propulsion: A Two-Track Solution for IAEA Safeguards Integrity
By Tariq Rauf* VIENNA | 19 November 2025 (IDN) — More than four years have elapsed since the matter of the proliferation of nuclear-powered submarines reemerged after a gap of nearly four decades to place the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) squarely in the cross-hairs of a serious policy and legal conundrum. It also highlighted […]
Situation Report Special: Survivors speak in Walid hearing: “to me he is a perpetrator”
The summary of the first 3 hearing days can be accessed on the EEPA website. Walid hearing: Summary of Day 3 (per 17 November 2025) Day 4 of the court hearing in the case of alleged human trafficker Tewelde Goitom “Walid” covered four personal statements of impact from victims, and the personal circumstances of Walid. […]
Crime and Punishment
By Neville de Silva* LONDON | 16 November 2025 (IDN) — “I’m afraid there is no money”, an outgoing British Labour MP once famously said. Today, in Sri Lanka, there is also a shortage of state funds, which politicians and bureaucrats have pilfered. Some of the loot is lying in banks here and abroad, state […]