Op-ed

Natasha Hall On July 17, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi opened the Chamshir Dam. In spite of vociferous opposition from environmentalists, who argued that the dam would cut off the water-impoverished and neglected province of Khuzestan from the Zohreh River, construction proceeded—supported by a 244 million USD loan from …

Brett Shaeffer While the “Pact of the Future” will not possess legal backing, it will create political pressures on future U.S. presidential administrations. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, President Obama’s first Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, famously said the quiet part out loud: “You never …

Paul Pillar The answer to the question of “why now” regarding the change in discourse about U.S. policy toward Israel is primarily due to larger political patterns that have come into focus this year. Certain ideas about U.S. policy toward Israel have crept into mainstream discourse, where only …

Nedine Hilmi China has planned a huge project within the framework of its Belt and Road initiative to curb US influence in Latin America through the state of Colombia. This Chinese project aims to link the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Colombia and Latin America to counter and …

The impoverished West African state of Niger is the latest flashpoint in the struggle by the imperialist powers for a redivision of the world. The issues involved in the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine — a fight for territory, strategic resources and regime change — are erupting all over …

Athar Ali The Cobweb Model of Complex Interdependence constituting globalization is intricate and encompasses the entire international arena. As a result of the complex network of digital connections and global cooperation, business, information sharing, and multilateral diplomacy have undergone revolutionary shifts. Even while trade, travel, and technology communicated …

Sarah Neuman As time passes and Russia consolidates its defense positions in the territories of Ukraine that it occupies, the prospects of a swift victory are diminishing increasingly. The statement of General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Army, in …

As of late Tuesday evening, August 8, 2023, countries expressing their intent to join BRICS account for 60% of known global oil/gas reserves. At the very least, this means 60 percent of the worlds oil sales will take place in a currency OTHER THAN the U.S. Dollar, once …

The coup in the West African state of Niger on July 26 and the Russia-Africa Summit the next day in St. Petersburg are playing out in the backdrop of multipolarity in the world order. Seemingly independent events, they capture nonetheless the zeitgeist of our transformative era, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, …