Can Hamas Redeem Itself?

By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 27 January 2025 (IDN) — Now that the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is in place, with some ongoing hiccups, the question is, will the second phase follow, and what lesson, if any, has Hamas learned following 15 months of horrendous death and destruction? The current first phase […]

Kenya Deploys 200 More Police Officers to Haiti as Crisis Escalates

By Nicholas Mwangi* NAIROBI | 27 January 2025 (IDN) — Kenya has deployed another batch of 217 police officers to Haiti, adding to the 400 sent last year as part of a “multinational mission” aimed at addressing the country’s deepening crisis of gang violence. The intervention aims to protect critical infrastructure and conduct “targeted operations” […]

President Trump’s Interest in “Denuclearization” with Russia and China Greeted

WASHINGTON, D.C. | 25 January 2025 (IDN) — The Arms Control Association (ACA) has welcomed President Donald J. Trump’s comments on 23 January at the Davos World Economic Forum on the potential for nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China. ACA executive director Daryl Kimball highlighted in a media release what President Trump said […]

Time to Change Course and the Conversation from Doomsday to Peace Day

By  Alice Slater*, Toward Freedom NEW YORK | 24 January 2025 (IDN) — The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, with the advice of Albert Einstein and other scientists from the Manhattan Project who developed the atomic bomb, established a Doomsday Clock, in 1947, to illustrate the annihilating danger the earth is facing since the creation of […]

Money Wins Wars

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 24 January 2025 (IDN) — A new study reveals that financial resources play a significant role in determining the outcome of military conflicts. The comprehensive analysis of over 700 armed conflicts between 1977 and 2013 shows a clear causal effect of increased military spending on war outcomes, raising important questions […]

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