Want Faster Shipping? There’s an Illegal U.S. War for That
Ongoing U.S. airstrikes in Yemen are dangerous, illegal, and unnecessary.
Language in the War on Gaza
Israel resorts to outright lies and dangerous deceptions.
Spending Unlimited
The Pentagon’s budget follies come at a high price.
Unjust Wars and a Just Peace
Wars can have many and diverse causes. But when local conflicts become intertwined with geopolitics and geoeconomics they become especially dangerous and destabilizing.
Remembering Salvador Allende and the Chilean Counterrevolution
It wasn’t only the United States that overthrew the Chilean leader.
Africa at the Crossroads
The recent coup in Niger has been seen in the West as a setback for democracy. The reality is more complex.
How Modi’s Russia-Ukraine Policy Coopted India’s Opposition
India’s democrats have missed a chance to attack a policy that helps Putin’s war and undermines India’s democracy
Anger Brews in Thailand as Establishment Unites to Foil Change
Thaksin and the populists are back but they’re no longer so popular.
The New Russian Presence in Cuba
Right-wing Russians want to push Cuba toward a neoliberal economy.
Believe It or Not, the G20 Agrees on (Some) Human Rights Issues
But the bloc will be a more credible voice if its members, from the U.S. to host India, confront their own major rights concerns.
Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine Is Morally Bankrupt
But there’s still hope for the global movement to ban these indiscriminate killers.
Challenging the Global North’s “Clean Energy” Transition
How can activists in the north and south work together to ensure a global just transition?
It’s Time for Progressives to Talk about Tanks
In Russia’s former colonies, the hard security conversation is unavoidable.
A World on the Edge of… Collapse?
What a 2005 bestseller tells us about climate change and human survival.