3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (863+ words) There is a problem with political writing. There is too much of it. People write essays explaining why the world is insane. Others read them and nod solemnly because they already know the world is insane. Then somebody writes another…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (865+ words) Unfortunately, powerful sections of our corrupt business and political elites have not. We found out later that only hours after the attacks—less than six hours after the first plane struck the World Trade Center and barely five hours after…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (440+ words) Here are some of the things I’ve learned and the books that were important to me at the beginning of that education. Letters from a War Zone: Writings 1976-1987 by Andrea Dworkin (1988) (For details, see my 2017 book, The End of Patriarchy:…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (797+ words) Human civilisation has always enjoyed a trial. The Greeks had the agora, medieval Europe the pillory, revolutionary Paris the tribunal, and Victorian Britain the scandal sheet. We have improved on all of them. Our courtroom fits inside a pocket, stays…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (234+ words) This article was produced by Globetrotter. What an irony, President Donald Trump views Iran-war as “small potatoes.” Asserting that it is not a “big thing,” he said, “I call it a military conflict because it’s small… by L Ali Khan04/09/2026 The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (787+ words) A few days ago, when I landed at Budapest Airport on my way to an international conference devoted to serious questions of international politics, the first thing I saw was a huge civilian aircraft bearing a name unfamiliar to me:…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (312+ words) What Does China Mean by a “New Security Framework”? In practical terms, the Chinese vision could involve: China therefore presents its approach as an alternative to what it portrays as the interventionist model associated with American military power. Why Is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (629+ words) Extremely severe extinction events happen every 100M years or so and just switching to sustainable energy will not be enough to stop them.Space satellites to control temperature and massive geo-engineering will be needed or it will be game over. This…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (721+ words) ​A deep geopolitical and social rift is widening across Greece. While the conservative government in Athens, led by New Democracy, continues to reinforce its high-level strategic, intelligence, and economic ties with Tel Aviv, popular backlash among the Greek public has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1506+ words) Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and initiated the Bolivarian Revolution, the country has been under siege by the US. The aggression escalated with the kidnapping of its lawful president, part of a larger and accelerating assertion of…...