Fighting Remilitarization in Japan
ZENKO has been actively involved in international solidarity efforts for the past two or three years and plans to resume those activities, says Seishi Hinada.
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Japan’s Discomfort in the New Cold War
Bilateral military exercises are taking place in the context of heightened tension between the U.S. and China.
Continue readingThe West Is Experiencing a Contraction of Its Power, Not Necessarily Its Decline
By the middle of the last century, the West had shrunk so much that several newly independent countries made the decision to align themselves neither with the West nor the Soviet bloc.
Continue readingThe U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against Russia Will Produce a Global Food Disaster
As the U.S. and the G7 deny the negative effect of sanctions against Russia, they damage the world’s capability of avoiding a global food disaster.
Continue readingIndia Has a Key Role to Play in a Possible New World Order
For non-alignment to be effective, it cannot be restricted to transactional relationships or mere moral posturing.
Continue readingWhy Nonalignment Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South
As the United States escalates its new cold war against Russia and China, there is now an urgent imperative to reject this cold war mentality of wanting to divide the world along old acrimonious lines.
Continue readingWestern-Led Globalization Might End, but the New Globalization Might Have an Eastern Face
The end of “the second great age of globalization” might be upon us.
Continue readingAsian Fault Lines Emerge Over Great War Conflict
The fact remains that the conflict in Ukraine is bound to impact the ‘Asian Century’ very significantly.
Continue readingWill Japan and Russia Tensions Over Contested Pacific Islands Spill Over Into War?
The draft Bluebook leak has startling changes and has reportedly used strong language against Russia.
Continue readingUkraine: A Conflict Soaked in Contradictions and New Patterns in War and Media
There are wars in Africa and Asia and some are rarely commented on in the media, so why is Ukraine different?
Continue readingThe Western Allied Nations Bully the World While Warning of Threats From China and Russia
When the U.S. illegally invaded Iraq, none of the Western press called it ‘aggression.’”
Continue readingHow China Became an Olympic Boogeyman for the West
The history of the Olympic Games shows both the struggle by China and the Global South to be accepted by the U.S. and other imperialist nations, as well as alternative models to it.
Continue readingChina’s Olympic Battle for Legitimacy: The Prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games
Only through the lens of history can we understand why China fought so hard for a place in the Olympics on its own terms: to heal the scars of both exploitative Western colonialism and civil war.
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