Iran announces it will produce low-enriched uranium up to 20% while U.S. circles war planes in response to perceived threats.
Continue readingDonald Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing Out the Promise of Democracy in the Middle East
Instead of region-wide democracy, what have bloomed are arms deals, conflict, and authoritarian regimes
Continue readingWhy America’s Economic War on China Is Failing
In 2018, Trump slapped tariffs on more than $200 billion worth of various Chinese goods.
Continue readingTrump’s Withdrawal From WHO: A Cover-Up for Its Abject Failure on COVID-19
Microbes do not recognize borders. We are all safe only when everybody is safe. In a pandemic, to attack the only body we have for global cooperation endangers everyone.
Continue readingHow Trump Managed to Lead the World With the Worst Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
How does one understand the total failure of the Trump administration to break the chain of the infection?
Continue readingThe World Can Show How Pharma Monopolies Aren’t the Only Way to Fight COVID-19
After his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 epidemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of remdesivir.
Continue readingU.S. Declares a Vaccine War on the World
While other countries agree to the need for a patent pool, the US seeks to expand its hegemony to global health
Continue readingWhat’s Driving Trump’s Political Attacks on China
Trump clearly hopes that China-bashing will get him re-elected in November; so does his rival Joe Biden
Continue readingWhy Did the World Health Organization Wait Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic?
The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO’s ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic
Continue readingTrump Sends Gun Boats to Venezuela While the World Partners to Fight a Deadly Pandemic
The Trump administration has used the fabricated narco-trafficking charges against Maduro and other officials as an excuse to intensify pressure on Venezuela
Continue readingGrowing Xenophobia Against China in the Midst of CoronaShock
World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for “solidarity, not stigma” in a speech given on February 14, long before the virus had hit Europe or North America.
Continue readingWhen Economists Try to Solve Health Crises, the Results Can Often Be Disastrous
Classical economics helped kill millions in the British Empire’s famines—following economic orthodoxy today could be just as deadly.
Continue readingHas America Reached Its Endgame in Afghanistan?
Trump’s patience has run out and the US is ‘proceeding with the withdrawal of its forces’
Continue readingHow India’s Modi Is Playing on Trump’s Ego to His Advantage
The Indian PM cleverly enticed Trump with the prospect of 7 million people lining the streets to welcome him next week
Continue readingWhy the U.S. Might Be Angling for the Return of a New ‘Strongman’ Like Saddam in Iraq
With Soleimani out of the picture and the Baghdad regime in disarray, Trump is eyeing a stronger Kurdish role
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