By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 18 February 2025 (IDN) — The talk is talk. Or will it walk? President Donald Trump has raised the stakes once again, repeating the threats against Iran in his first term. It all goes back many years. Mitt Romney, the US Republican candidate for the presidency, said that on […]
The Upcoming Test Launch of a Nuclear Missile Is All Waste – and Dangerous Folly
By Ryan Black* FORT WAYNE, Indiana, USA | 17 February 2025 (IDN) — If President Trump and Elon Musk want to cut federal waste, they should listen to activists who’ve been targeting the land-based leg of the nuclear triad for decades. At a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (12 February), […]
The Need for U.S. Action in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Kate Hixon* WASHINGTON DC | 16 February 2025 (IDN) — On 18 January, the M23, a Congolese Tutsi-led, Rwandan-backed rebel military group, launched a military operation to expand the territory it had gained over the past three years. The operation violated an August 2024 ceasefire agreement between Rwanda and the DRC established through the […]
Navigating a Low-Carbon Future: Maritime Decarbonisation on the 2025 Global Agenda
By Pascal Lamy and Geneviève Pons* BRUSSELS | 15 February 2025 (IDN) — Ten years ago, at COP21 the Paris Agreement was adopted as a global response to the threat of climate change, aiming at limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In the same year, world leaders also committed to thriving the […]
Ukraine War: Despite European Concern, Trump’s Peace Initiative is a Gamechanger
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 15 February 2025 (IDN) — As we approach the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a monumental shift is taking place that might just lead to the end of this calamitous war. This is not a breakthrough on the battlefield, but a […]
Realization Of Trump’s Gaza Plan Will be Crime of the Century
By James E. Jennings* ATLANTA, USA | 14 February 2025 (IDN) — The stark alternatives facing people in Gaza are both equally bad: stay in their little strip of Palestine and die or try to leave and die. It’s like choosing between the devil or the deep blue sea. They face death either way. Even […]
Military Infiltrations Undermine Thailand’s Democratization
By Jan Servaes* BANGKOK, Thailand | 14 February 2025 (IDN) — Since the abolition of the absolute monarchy in 1932, Thailand has alternated between periods of relatively democratic rule and military coups. Officially, there have been 13 successful coups, but the attempted coups, which have been extensively gossiped about in the media, are countless. The […]
Opinion: Ukraine War, Impact of Rearmament, Economic Woes Loom Over German National Elections
By Michael von der Schulenburg* BRUSSELS | 13 February 2025 (IDN) — The war in Ukraine and its consequences will have a long-lasting negative impact on the political, security, economic and social future of Germany. It is the biggest war on European soil since the Second World War; a war which has brought us dangerously […]
Europe Gasping for Air as Trump Makes His Ukraine Move
No NATO Membership for Ukraine, No US Troops By Stephen Bryen* This article was issued by Weapons and Strategy and is being republished with their permission. WASHINGTON, D.C. | 12 February 2025 (IDN) — European leaders who have been strongly supporting keeping the Ukraine war going have been dealt a serious blow by President Trump […]
Trump Is Dismantling America’s Greatness Brick by Brick
By Dr Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK 12 February 2025 (IDN) — It is heart-wrenching to watch Trump nonchalantly sign off on scores of executive orders that are unconstitutional, defy existing laws, and adversely impact the lives of millions of people, especially the young. What is glaringly obvious is that he wants to demonstrate how powerful […]