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The emergence of media powerhouses in the global South, such as India, Brazil, Turkey, and South Korea, has captivated media scholars, politicians,…
Three months before taking power in 1949, Mao Tse-tung wrote of the solidarity required for the Chinese peopleās revolution, remarking that a āprincipal and…
Two days after the United States and Israel launched attacks that killed Iranās Ayatollah Khamenei and hundreds of othersāincluding more than 160…
Recently, Prime Minister Mark Carney ā perhaps the ultimate liberal insider ā gave a seminal speech at Davos, declaring the demise of…
Donald Trumpās Venezuela gambit signals far more than an isolated intervention. It followed the newly drafted National Security Strategy, 2025, which explicitly…
The U.S. now assumes leadership of the G20 until the Miami summit ends on December 15, 2026 ā but not without having…
Walden Bello is a leading figure in the alter-globalization movement. Here he is in conversation with Ulrich Brand and Christa Wichterich. Ulrich…
In August 1971, Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollarās convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle that had begun with…
BRICS+ is a diverse coalition consisting of 10 countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, joined in 2024 by Egypt, the…
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Beijing, accompanied by a military parade and ambitious economic discussions, drew global attention. In much…
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