The question now facing other world leaders is stark: will they continue to capitulate to Trump’s unilateralism, or will they stand up and defend multilateralism and international solidarity? As the UN’s independent expert on poverty, I am no stranger to harrowing statistics. But few numbers have shaken me like those …

By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order.The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) claims that it is facing the greatest existential crisis in its nearly eighty-year history.As U.S. President …

AFSCME District Council 33 represents the lowest paid public sector employees An eight-day strike by municipal employees in Philadelphia disrupted the operations of one of the largest cities in the United States amid systematic attacks on the interests and status of working people. The American Federation of State, County and …

The domestic situation in America continues to spiral out of control, Robert Bridge writes. In recent days, global attention has been focused on the explosive events in the Middle East and Ukraine, and that helps people to forget about the domestic situation in America that continues to spiral out of …

In the complex and often unpredictable arena of international politics, few figures have embodied a combination of volatility, impulsiveness, and an unyielding pursuit of dominance quite like the U.S. President Donald J. Trump. From the outset of his political rise, Trump has defied conventional diplomatic norms, eschewing traditional multilateralism in favor …

Advocates of higher military spending often say its to ‘support the troops.’ Not exactly. Advocates of ever-higher Pentagon spending frequently argue that we must throw more money at the department to “support the troops.” But recent budget proposals and a new research paper issued by the Quincy Institute and the Costs of …

A recent shift from battlefield to psychological and cyber operations reveals the true priorities of Western elites. In recent months, a wave of publications by Western think tanks and military-affiliated media has revealed a significant shift in how the West views conflict with global powers like Russia and China. Institutions …

In the first half of this year 2025 (January-June 2025) the world has shown highly worrying drift towards increasing dangers. Although recently the Iran-Israel ceasefire provided some relief and subsequently there has been a limited peace initiative for settling the increasing conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo …

In recent days, the member governments of the BRICS+ group have met in the capital of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. This year, compared to last year’s meeting in Kazan, Russia, no significant progress is expected due to the apparent lack of full commitment by the Brazilian government to the development …

While the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) came into force in the midst of high hopes in the year 2014, its experience during the past one decade has not lived up to high expectations as there has been no shortage of arms and ammunition for genocidal actions, for civil wars and …