Rather than turning back from the brink of nuclear war, nuclear armed states are accelerating nuclear weapons spending. We must change course. On April 8, 2010, the United States and Russia signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a landmark achievement that capped and reduced deployed nuclear arsenals, symbolizing …

Trump’s tariffs are not a departure from business as usual; they are an extension of it and will overwhelmingly benefit the world’s financial elite. Global trade systems are not free, nor are they neutral. They were built to facilitate capital transfer and to transfer wealth upward—benefiting the rich while harming …

A new report finds that 2024 saw the biggest increase in spending since the end of the Cold War 2024 marked biggest increase in global military spending since Cold War’s end. Spurred by ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East, global military spending rose nearly 10 percent in 2024, the biggest annual …

The Wolfowitz Doctrine, a document authored by Zionist neo-con Paul Wolfowitz, is the key to understanding the United States’ geopolitical policy and behavior. The Wolfowitz Doctrine is the unofficial name given to the early version of the Defense Strategy for the 1990s: The Regional Defense Strategy report for the 1994–99 fiscal years. It was later released by then …

The military has significantly expanded its footprint, spurring questions about strategy and sustainability Since October 7, 2023, the United States has quietly but significantly expanded its military presence across the Middle East, reversing the drawdown that followed its withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. U.S. troop numbers in the region have risen from approximately 34,000 …

In historical terms when the situation is moving towards a significant change in the balance of power, possibilities of war can increase, although by no means war is inevitable in such circumstances. The present times and the near future have been discussed frequently in terms of a change in the …

Our already deeply troubled world has recently entered a new phase of disruption and instability. Some influential people who were happy with earlier times blame only the recent disruptions and forget the serious flaws and high risks of the earlier system, forget its increasing inequalities and injustices, its highly destructive …

Dismantling the Government While Pumping Up the Pentagon Under the guise of efficiency, the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to essential programs and agencies that are the backbone of America’s civilian government. The virtual elimination of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and plans to shut down the Department of Education are …

The United States is headed toward its fourth nation-defining crisis. This time, it’s the national debt. On the 250th anniversary of the start of armed colonial rebellion against British rule, a timely backdrop for considering long cycles in US political history and their implications for America’s present circumstances and prospects. Roughly …

Thanks to President Trump’s new round of international tariffs, global economy is now at the risk of unraveling. This is not just the result of plunging world trade and investment, but of soaring US military expenditures. President Trump’s new round of reciprocal and universal tariffs will escalate trade tensions, lower investment, hit …