Category: World
How Hypersonic Missiles Work and the Unique Threats They Pose
Hypersonic missiles threaten to upend the relative stability of the current era of nuclear weapons….
Women Politicians: Gender Parity Will Not Be Achieved Before 2063
By Mariela Jara in IPS: Women entering the political arena in Peru face multiple obstacles…
A Move to Undermine the Anachronistic Veto Powers in the Security Council Gains Traction
The five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council (UNSC) – UK, US, France,…
Nuclear Deterrence and Russia’s War in Ukraine
By Robin Wright for The New Yorker: In his Nobel Peace Prize speech, in 1991,…
Will Russia’s Invasion Fracture the World-System?
Deglobalization by Marco D’Eramo: ‘The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the…
Western Dissent from US/NATO Policy on Ukraine is Small, Yet Censorship Campaign is Extreme
Glenn Greenwald in his Substack newsletter: If one wishes to be exposed to news, information…
How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
As societies get bigger, we require more and more elaborate and law-like forms of religion…
Amartya Sen on Identity, Decolonization and How to Change the World
Amartya Sen recently spoke from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the New Statesman’s ideas editor, Gavin…
Finland and Sweden Inch Toward NATO
“The problem isn’t that NATO enlargement went too far, the problem is that NATO enlargement…
Ukraine war has already changed the world economy
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already transformed the global economy—but not in the ways one…
Ukraine and the Global Economic War
Prabir Purkayastha in CounterPunch: Do the Ukraine war and the action of the United States,…
More Countries are Now Abandoning US Dollar. Is the End Near?
Ron Paul (former Congressman from Texas) once gave a speech called “The End of Dollar…