By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 5 February 2024 (IDN) — Winding up his four-nation tour of Africa, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced a super generous gift of close to a billion dollars for our new ally, Angola, to fund a solar energy project and upgrade a rail corridor. These […]
The US Preaches Democracy but Dictates Covert Regime Change
The Story of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Ouster By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 2 February 2024 (IDN) — A principal instrument of U.S. foreign policy is covert regime change, meaning a secret action by the U.S. government […]
Smearing Ceasefire Protesters, Pelosi Combines Devotion to Israel with Cold-War Mania
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 30 January 2024 (IDN) — Sometimes there’s a thin line between vile demagoguery and pure idiocy. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi straddled both during a Sunday (28 January) appearance on CNN, when she smeared protesters who’ve been demanding a ceasefire to end Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian people in Gaza. “The former […]
Nuclear Deterrence Justifies Possession — Threatens Use of World’s Deadliest Weapon
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 30 January 2024 (IDN) — The annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit, scheduled to take place in Washington DC January 31-February 2, will focus on an ideology that has long triggered critical responses from anti-nuclear and peace activists. The 2017 Nobel Peace laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), […]
New Hampshire Results Leave Progressives in the US Up Against the Wall
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 24 January 2024 (IDN) — The New Hampshire primary has confirmed that the United States is on the way to a disastrous fall election. Unless a health crisis forces withdrawal from the presidential race, either Donald Trump or Joe Biden is headed for a second term. The electoral outlook […]
Serbian Leader Speaks Loudly but Carries A Small Stick
By Dr. Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 23 January 2024 (IDN) — Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who needs to maintain public calm, should not casually talk about a potential war against Serbia. This only heightens internal tension in Kosovo when there is no reason to assume that war will break out A couple of […]
Is the USA Heading Towards the Dictatorship of a Minority?
By Jan Servaes MIAMI | 23 January 2024 (IDN) — It increasingly looks like Donald Trump will win while American democracy is faltering. This is what Harvard political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt contend in their new book “Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point”. In “Tyranny of the Minority,” […]
Behind the Dangerous Resurgence of ‘Al Qaeda’ in Bangladesh
Analysis by Jennifer Hicks* HONGKONG | 22 January 2024 (IDN) — During the Spring of March 2002, Osama bin Laden’s second man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, set foot in Bangladesh at the invitation of leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) that had been attempting to turn the country into a global jihadist launchpad. Giving a detailed […]
How NATO Helped Trigger the War in Ukraine and Then Did Nothing to Foil It
By Leo Ensel* Two years ago, in December 2021, Russia formulated its security interests in separate letters to NATO’s Secretary General Stoltenberg and to US President Biden in no uncertain terms. The West’s reaction: no response! There is much to suggest that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have been prevented if the West had negotiated […]
US Presidential Election Will Determine the Risk of a Nuclear War
By Daryl G. Kimball The writer is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA). The following article appears as the Focus of the January/February 2024 issue of Arms Control Today. WASHINGTON, D.C. | 17 January 2024 (IDN) — As the new year begins, the existential risks posed by nuclear weapons continue to grow. […]