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 […]
Trump, Deterrence, and the Erosion of Nuclear Restraint
By Ramesh Jaura* This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 16 November 2025 (IDN) — Ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on 30 October at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump declared he had ordered the resumption of U.S. nuclear testing. His statement shattered more […]
“Regime Change” In Venezuela Is a Euphemism for U.S.-Inflicted Carnage and Chaos
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 13 November 2025 (IDN) — For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that “regime change” brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow deliver democracy. But every country that has lived through this euphemism knows the truth—it instead brings death, […]