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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 …

The president tapped into mass distrust of the Military Industrial Complex to win re-election, which remains true in recent surveys While there are serious doubts about the accuracy of President Donald Trump’s claims about the effectiveness of his attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, the U.S./Israeli war on Iran has provided fresh and abundant evidence of widespread …

We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 1776? When the President of the United States …

The unprovoked criminal aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran has further deepened the crisis in international relations already taken to unprecedented extremes by the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people. Telesur has cited a report by the Harvard University Dataverse platform which puts the number of people missing in Gaza …

The United States must recognize that its own strategic interests require a decisive break from partnering in Israel’s destructive strategy. The attack by Israel and the U.S. on Iran had two significant effects. First, it once again exposed the root cause of turmoil in the region: Israel’s project to “reshape the Middle …