A Shock That Had Been Building for Months This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 2 December 2025 (IDN) — Six months ago, a meeting in Washington set the stage for the geopolitical rupture now unfolding. In one of the year’s most contentious diplomatic encounters, U.S. President Donald Trump confronted […]
Ukraine was Russian — Historically
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 2 December 2025 (IDN) — “George, you have to understand that Ukraine is not even a country. Part of its territory is in Eastern Europe, and the greater part was given to us.” These were the ominous words of President Vladimir Putin of Russia to President George W. Bush in […]
A Revolution is Vital for Planetary Health and Food Systems
By Gilles-Eric Séralini and Gérald Jungers* PARIS | 26 November 2025 (IDN) — Since the Second World War, we have been increasingly contaminated by chemicals that enter our bodies through dust, which is stable down to the infinitesimally small. Acting like long-term spam, these substances generate chronic diseases, cancers, and nervous system degeneration, among other […]
The Trump-Mamdani Show Was Amazing
But Downsides for Progressives Could Turn Out to Be Steep By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 25 November 2025 (IDN) – Across the political spectrum – with alarm on the right and delight on the left – the display of warmth from President Trump toward Zohran Mamdani on 21 November set off shock waves. Trump’s […]
Trump’s Peace with Russia
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 25 November 2025 (IDN) — Trotsky, the one-time close comrade of Lenin, reportedly said, “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you”. This is how it seems to have been with the US presidents in office before Donald Trump. Trump is unique when it […]
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 […]
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 […]