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For decades, Arab governments, particularly those of the Gulf, have spent enormous sums purchasing some of the world’s most sophisticated weapons. They have hosted American military bases, cultivated close relationships

On Sunday, October 18, supporters of presidential candidate, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro paraded down Paulista Avenue in São Paulo clutching an inflatable toy missile bearing a call for a nuclear strike

In his work written in the 1930s, “Conscience Against Violence” (Castellio gegen Calvin oder Ein Gewissen gegen die Gewalt), the Austrian-born author Stefan Zweig depicts the relentless moral struggle between

Editor’s note: Salim Lamrani’s central argument is that US sanctions and the oil blockade punish an entire population for refusing to submit to Washington. His references to “Cuba” and “the

In their mad rush for profit and power, the tech oligarchs have unleashed artificial intelligence (AI) into nearly every corner of life on this planet. Firms are investing billions in

Urban Africa is constantly finding ways to thicken urban life with new resourcefulness: from makeshift maker labs to the vast associations of traders with their own home-grown, expansive financial systems—where

Since I was a little boy in Athens, I learned at school to cherish two words: integrity and parrhesia – the courage to speak frankly. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood at

The 80-minute documentary NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, is chastening.  It examines the conduct of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during its ferocious, unremitting war in Gaza,

On 20 September, the Initiative for Democratic Socialism (IDS) was founded in Novi Sad, bringing together the Political Platform Solidarnost (Solidarity), the civic group Borba je obaveza (Struggle is a

The U.S. government has long sought to incapacitate the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s first global court that was created to prosecute the most atrocious crimes. As the ICC

Israel’s 2026 election is occurring in a highly polarized and incendiary political atmosphere that recalls 1995. Then, the Oslo process had split Israeli society between an increasingly radicalized right and

October 2026 marked a turning point for German unions in the car industry. With the years of boom for cars seemingly over, a new boom has been called. This time

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