Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Echoing Trump, Latin America’s Leaders Boost Allies Across Borders

By Emma Bubola, Annie Correal and Ana Ionova — The New York Times

Right-wing leaders across Latin America are openly intervening in each other’s elections, sharing policies and endorsing candidates in an unprecedented display of coordinated conservatism. Argentina’s President Milei’s support for Brazil’s Bolsonaro triggered a diplomatic crisis, exemplifying risks of this alignment-first approach centered on Washington.

27 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
Information & Communication

How the Media Sells Genocide

By Chris Hedges — ScheerPost

Western media outlets employ double standards, passive language, and censorship to facilitate genocide in Gaza, routinely sanitizing Israeli military operations while demonizing Palestinian resistance and killing dozens of journalists.

26 Aug 2026 · 11 min read
Multilateralism & Unilateralism

Maximum Pressure on Iran Will Fail

By Nate Swanson — Foreign Affairs

President Trump’s military campaign against Iran, launched in February, has failed to achieve regime change and instead exemplifies a flawed U.S. strategy spanning 47 years. The war has weakened American leverage over Tehran while strengthening Iran’s resolve and regional capabilities.

25 Aug 2026 · 13 min read
Human Rights

What would justice look like if there were no Rohingya left in Myanmar?

By Tun Khin — Al Jazeera

Nine years after Myanmar’s 2017 genocide, Rohingya continue fleeing persecution from both the military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine state, with over 1.2 million trapped in Bangladesh camps while international justice proceedings offer limited hope without enforcement and protection measures.

25 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Human Rights

World Hunger and Starvation Have Reached a Crisis Level

By Lawrence S. Wittner — Foreign Policy In Focus

The Trump administration has drastically cut U.S. food assistance funding, with the World Food Program experiencing a 40 percent funding drop in 2025. The reductions have caused severe hunger across impoverished nations, leaving an estimated 266 million people facing crisis-level hunger in 2026.

24 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
Sustainable Development

There Is No Elsewhere: A World Burning

By Anita Naidu — CounterPunch

Wildfires ravaging British Columbia and across the globe expose how white supremacy’s system of displacing consequences onto distant communities and lands has collapsed, as climate change recognizes no borders—yet the same extractive logic continues to define inadequate responses that prioritize growth over ecological limits and leave vulnerable communities least protected.

21 Aug 2026 · 5 min read