The cruelly inadequate U.S. policy for aiding refugees continues. While the United States has offered aid to help other countries welcome Ukrainian refugees, our own annual refugee cap remains at just 125,000. Instead of welcoming refugees with open arms, our current efforts hold them at arm’s length.
Continue readingThe War-Profiteering Gangsters Will Kill Us All Unless We Unite Against Them
Western media simplifies the conflict in Ukraine in ways that divide us. But what if instead, we chose to unite against those who profit from all wars throughout the world?
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 readingWhy It’s Time to Take the Russian-Led Military Alliance Seriously
The intervention by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan marks a change for multinational security both regionally and around the world.
Continue readingMorocco Drives a War in Western Sahara for Its Phosphates
Far from peace, the Abraham Accords are going to accelerate a return to war in this part of Africa.
Continue readingAfghanistan Tackles the Islamic State
A horrific attack by ISIS-K on a Shiite mosque has raised alarms not just among the Taliban, but in Iran and China.
Continue readingWhy the World’s Eyes Are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border
The war of words between Dushanbe and the Taliban has deep historical roots.
Continue readingA Day in the Death of British Justice
Journalist John Pilger examines the latest arguments presented by the U.S. in its bid to extradite Julian Assange, and the continuing persecution of the whistleblower and his partner Stella Moris.
Continue readingAs the U.S. Withdraws From Afghanistan, China Forges Ties With the Taliban
With no end in sight to the internal conflict in Afghanistan, China has been meeting with regional players to build a strategy that seeks to guarantee peace and stability for all.
Continue readingU.S.-Russia Ties Warming Up. Is It for Real?
Moscow’s anti-U.S. rhetoric has suddenly been toned down, signaling a potential change in attitude and direction.
Continue readingUnited States Withdraws From Afghanistan? Not Really
What will it actually take for the two-decades long war in Afghanistan to end and for Afghanis to finally live in peace?
Continue readingThe U.S. Is Trying to Light the Match of Islamic Extremism in China’s Xinjiang
The information war now conducted by the United States against China centers on Xinjiang. Once again, the United State uses longstanding problems—such as the rise of extremism in Central Asia (fueled to some extent by the United State since the 1980s)—to create problems for its adversaries.
Continue readingErdoğan Starts a Political Earthquake in Turkey
Vijay Prashad and E. Ahmet Tonak explain what is behind the recent attacks on the progressive HDP party in Turkey.
Continue readingHow Russia Is Botching Its Alliance With Syria
What complicates Russia’s relationship with Syria, which has sometimes been referred to as a Russian client state, is that two strong-willed, highly self-opinionated leaders are also involved here
Continue readingHow the U.S. Just Swung Right Back into the Geopolitical Contest for Syria
But using Syrian oil to fund Kurdish forces plays into Moscow’s Turkish-rapprochement hand.
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