By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 18 June 2026 (IDN) — In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the question seemed exaggerated to some readers. Politics had always contained theatrical elements. Presidents cultivated images. Campaigns relied […]
The Fulcrum is Female
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 17 June 2026 (IDN) — Over 200 years, we have watched with a mixture of fascination and horror the explosion of population in most parts of the world. In the 1960s and 70’s, many people were convinced that it was the single most important issue of our times. Government […]
Constant Digital Monitoring Is Quieting Public Voices Worldwide
By Gina Romero* BOGOTA, Colombia | 15 June 2026 (IDN) — The modern digital world we live in today is characterised by an interconnected, massive network of monitoring tools—a surveillance ecosystem. Governments frequently justify this intrusion by poorly vague national security narratives and cybercrime frameworks. We have then moved far beyond occasional governmental monitoring into […]
Netanyahu’s Betrayal Of Israel’s Promise
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 13 June 2026 (IDN) — For nearly three decades, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has treated the state as an instrument of personal power rather than a public trust. No external enemy—not Iran, not Hezbollah, not Hamas—has done more to hollow out Israel from within than a leader who repeatedly sacrificed the […]
The Jews Ignore Their History in the Post-Christian Era
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 10 June 2026 (IDN) — There are questions that even today, historians don’t seem moved to investigate. Two important ones come to mind. Why was it that Pharaonic Egypt rarely went to war, with gaps of over a hundred years, until Ramesses 11 became pharaoh in 1303 BC? Isn’t […]
An Alternative Nobel Prize for Trump?
A Bold Proposal Worth Considering By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 5 June 2026 (IDN) — Imagine Donald Trump receiving a Nobel Prize—not for championing peace, democracy, or global unity, but for inadvertently reminding the world just how vital those ideals truly are. This is the daring idea from veteran […]
Ex British Prime Minister Tony Blair Should be Prosecuted Over Iraq
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 3 June 2026 (IDN) — President Barack Obama was not a war criminal despite US involvement in wars in Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan and against ISIS. They were legitimate if wrong-headed interventions. His predecessor George W. Bush was a war criminal. Apart from anything else his administration tortured captives, and […]
Civilization Unmasked: The Persistence of Human Brutality
By Alon Ben-Meir* We are not merely witnessing human suffering—we are learning to endure it without outrage. When atrocity no longer shocks the conscience, it is not only humanity that is under assault—it is our very capacity to remain human. NEW YORK | 3 June 2026 (IDN) — To my utter chagrin, the scale, frequency, […]
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: HIistory Will Not Yield to Power
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 30 May 2026 (IDN) — Israeli-Palestinian conflict, examining it from historical, religious, psychological, and geostrategic perspectives, as well as through the hard realities on the ground. After all this, one conclusion has remained inescapable: there will be no peace—none—unless it is anchored in a viable two-state solution. Nearly six […]
Ukrainian Crisis Isn’t Worth a New Cold War
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 27 May 2026 (IDN) —Both the West and Russia have a responsibility to make sure they don’t throw the baby out with the bath water as their quarrel over Ukraine continues. So much has been achieved since the end of the Cold War. Why throw it away because of […]