By Ronny P Sasmita* – Middle East Monitor Few events have altered the geopolitical trajectory of the Middle East as profoundly as 11 September 2001. The attacks on New York and Washington did not merely trigger an American military response.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Colombia, Ecuador and Peru this week, pledging security assistance and critical minerals deals while positioning himself for a potential 2028 presidential run amid controversy over the Trump administration’s Venezuela oil deal.
The U.S. has spent over $21 trillion on military operations since 9/11, fueling global instability while China invested in infrastructure and technology, leaving Americans demanding the government redirect resources toward healthcare, education and domestic renewal instead of endless wars.
India faces significant divisions within BRICS ahead of this weekend’s New Delhi summit, with the Iran conflict splitting member states and complicating consensus-building efforts. India’s chairmanship success will depend on advancing economic cooperation initiatives while navigating geopolitical tensions among rival bloc members.
By Julia Conley* – Common Dreams Haaretz also reported that Hamas immediately offered to release all the Israeli hostages it had taken in the attack, demanding nothing in return, but Israel refused the deal. Policy experts in the US and Middle East on Tuesday were among those…
Global South nations trapped in raw material extraction must adopt democratic industrial planning with state control over capital and technology to break cycles of dependence and build genuine economic development benefiting their populations.
By Pepe Escobar* – The Cradle Imagine a Brave New World with up-and-running new global routes that circumvent all western chokepoints. Now imagine that all business on these routes is paid for in local currencies, through regional transaction platforms, with Eurasian-only…
By Jörg Lau* – The Guardian The anti-fascist consensus about our Nazi past is fundamental to German democracy. But that, shockingly, is being shattered. As shock at the scale of the far right’s resounding state-election victory in Germany reverberated on Sunday, not everybody…
The US is intensifying military involvement in Latin America through the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, deepening ties with regional militaries under the guise of combating drug trafficking and foreign influence. Expanded US military presence and pressure for increased defence spending threaten democratic institutions, divert resources from social services, and risk repeating the failures of past interventions like Plan Colombia.
Netanyahu’s coalition arithmetic, not military logic, is blocking a durable Gaza ceasefire. His far-right coalition partners threaten to collapse his government if he accepts a genuine peace deal, making continued war politically safer than negotiated settlement ahead of September elections.
