By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA. 21 July 2023 (IDN) — There’s a trending video from nine years ago. If you watched it casually, you might in fact think that it was done yesterday. It was a clip of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, narrating what happened in 2014 […]
How The Palestinian Leaders Contributed to The Disastrous Israeli Occupation
By Alon Ben-Meir* The following is the second installment in a series of three articles. The first addressed the occupation and Jewish values. The third will establish certain realities on the ground that are not subject to change and offer a framework for a permanent solution in the context of creating an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian confederation. NEW YORK. 20 […]
Europe Should Refuse to be Pushed by US to Confront Russia
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden. 18 July 2023 (IDN) — That bar, the Red Star, on the far side of eastern Europe was closed—until the Ukraine war started. So why did the White Moon bar on this side of the street decide to stay open, even extending its drinking hours? Once the Warsaw Pact closed […]
The Wagner Coup: Strategic Setback or Military Deception?
By Ramesh Thakur* This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. CANBERRA, Australia. 18 July 2023 (IDN) — The Wagner coup equation doesn’t compute. It just doesn’t add up. Herbert Wulf gave us a concise summary of the surreal 24 hours that gripped the world. But there are missing pieces of […]
Northeast Asia Prospects after the G7: High Winds, Choppy Waters and Even Dangerous Storms
By Hugh Miall* KENT, UK. 14 July 2023 (IDN) — Tensions remain high in Northeast Asia following the G7 summit, which asserted the principles of the US-led order rather than seeking to accommodate the conflicting interests and orders in the region. Efforts to sustain dialogue while strengthening deterrence are the mainstay of current policy in […]
A New Wagner Opera as French Spring Unfolds
Macron Pivots to BRICS, While India Provincializes Europe By Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake* COLOMBO. 12 July 2023 (IDN) — Topped off by a curious ‘coup’ attempt in Russia, June was a fascinating month with new geopolitical, economic developments, twists and turns on many fronts: As US President Joe Biden wooed, wined and dined India’s Prime Minister Narendra […]
“I’m Afraid of America’s Footprint in the World”
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden. 11 July 2023 (IDN) — The United States of America has a “culture of ignorance”. Polls say that round half of all Americans appear to feel no shame about that being so. In the south the total probably goes up to around 65%, whereas in the north, including California, it […]
Viewpoint: Indian Ocean Regional Security — & Its Implications
By A. L. A. Azeez* COLOMBO 8 July 2023 (IDN) — Discussions on the Indian Ocean regional order and Indo-Pacific—and on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—involve strategic interests and aspirations of countries in the region and beyond. Given that the Indian Ocean is traversed annually by almost 100,000 commercial ships and that over 80% […]
Viewpoint: What After Banned Cluster Bombs to Ukraine?
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN 8 July 2023 (IDN) — “Have you noticed,” said John, “how countries call theirs ‘sovereign nuclear deterrents,’ but call the other countries’ ones ‘weapons of mass destruction’?” I am reminded of this quote from David Mitchell’s ‘Ghostwritten’ while reading how President Biden has defended his decision to provide Ukraine with banned […]
Making Madness Normal in Wartime
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA 6 July 2023 (IDN) — Midway through his cumulatively stunning new book “Soldiers Don’t Go Mad,” author Charles Glass quotes a declaration from The Times of London on August 18, 1917: “The war has brought new opportunities of heroism to us all. Every Briton in the full strength of […]