Mass youth protests sweep across Europe demanding better education, housing, and economic conditions, rejecting neoliberalism and facing severe police crackdowns. The movements represent working-class resistance to systemic inequality and require broader labor solidarity to challenge the ruling order.
By Sahasranshu Dash*, Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de Barros** – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Bolsonarismo lives on despite the incarceration of its leader. If Flávio Bolsonaro wins the presidential run-off in Brazil on October 25, he would extend the region’s run of Trump-aligned…
A proposed settlement framework aims to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict through Ukraine’s permanent neutrality, EU membership as a neutral state, an armistice line along current contact positions, and NATO’s halt to eastward enlargement, with implementation under international verification and guarantees from Security Council permanent members.
France’s public debt has risen sharply to 119 percent of GDP, reviving fiscal discipline demands. However, the country’s difficulties stem partly from eurozone monetary arrangements that France cannot independently change, requiring broader European economic reform rather than Paris-only solutions.
Francisco Rojas Aravena is resigning as rector of the UN-affiliated University for Peace on October 31 because the university’s governing council remains incomplete due to delayed appointments at the UN, UNESCO and Costa Rica, leaving the institution unable to approve budgets or make decisions.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs warned European Parliament members that the world faces dangerous geopolitical shifts driven by Asia’s economic rise, particularly China’s recovery to global economic prominence. He urged Europe to pursue peace diplomacy rather than military confrontation, cautioning that current war rhetoric and failed American leadership threaten global stability.
Israel’s claim that the IDF is the world’s most moral military has been undermined by documented war crimes in Gaza, including attacks on hospitals and schools that killed thousands of civilians and disabled an entire generation of children.
Trump imposed tariffs on India for buying Russian oil but now authorizes U.S. imports of Russian diesel, undermining sanctions credibility with energy-importing nations and eroding the principle that restrictions should apply uniformly across countries.
Seven of nine planetary boundaries have been breached, with human activities pushing Earth beyond its safe operating space as global warming accelerates, ecosystems degrade, and tipping points emerge. A study warns Earth’s sustainable population is closer to 2.5 billion, not today’s 8.3 billion, requiring fundamental systemic change to address the ecological crisis.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Trump both face criminal charges domestically and international war crimes allegations. Netanyahu is prosecuted in Israeli courts and by the International Criminal Court for Gaza actions, while Trump has escaped incarceration despite convictions and multiple cases.
