By Dr Farah Hegazi and Sandra C. Valencia* This article was published by SIPRI. STOCKHOLM, 24 March 20303 (IDN) — Humanitarian and development interventions often aim to make households and communities more resilient in the face of shocks, including climate change. But they can end up creating new vulnerabilities or missing chances to build and […]
America’s Over 300 Wars!
By John Scales Avery* COPENHAGEN, 23 March 2023 (IDN) — As documented in the Wikipedia timeline of US wars, the United States of America has been more or less continuously at war ever since the American Revolutionary war of 1775-1783, which established the United States as a nation.
‘The Battle Over Israel’s Soul’
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK, 22 March 2023 (IDN) — Israel is facing the greatest danger since its inception—not from any regional adversarial power but from within, led by a largely corrupt cast of political characters and shepherded by a criminal who is willing to destroy the country only to escape justice.
The Urbanity of Evil: 20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq
By Norman Solomon SAN FRANCISCO, 17 March 2023 (IDN) — Vast quantities of lies from top U.S. government officials led up to the Iraq invasion. Now, marking its 20th anniversary, the same media outlets that eagerly boosted those lies are offering retrospectives. Don’t expect them to shed light on the most difficult truths, including their […]
Independent Commission Server and Other Election Day Stories
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA, 16 March 2023 (IDN) — For the third time since 1999, I voted at a general election on February 25 and did so without much hassle. I knew my candidates would lose at the unit where I voted, […]
Will China’s ‘Position Paper’ Achieve Peace or Justice for Ukraine?
By Mona Ali Khalil This article was issued by Passblue and is being reproduced with due acknowledgement. NEW YORK, 16 March 2023 (IDN) — China launched its 12-point position paper to end the war in Ukraine on the first anniversary of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine. Some, including the United States, the European Union and […]
It’s High Time the US Stopped Threatening China
By John Scales Avery* COPENHAGEN, 15 March 2023 (IDN) — It appears that the military-industrial complex has complete control of the government of the United States, which recently voted to give the Pentagon roughly a trillion dollars of the taxpayer’s money. This was done by cutting back on social programs which would have helped poor […]
Historically, Ukraine WAS Russian
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden, 15 March 2023 (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 […]
Satire: Trump-Netanyahu Duologue Behind Prison Bars
By Alon Ben-Meir* Trump and Netanyahu are behind bars reminiscing about their political misadventures and personal lives and how justice has finally caught up with them. NEW YORK, 13 March 2023 (IDN) — We are living in a time of extraordinary political chaos and instability here in the US and in Israel precipitated by two […]
Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in The World
By Jan Servaes* BRUSSELS, 12 March 2023 (IDN) — As expected, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) clapped hands to confirm Xi Jinping’s third term as president. In March 2018, Xi Jinping had already shaken up the Chinese political system through a constitutional amendment allowing him to remain in office indefinitely.