Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its roots has a quarter-century pedigree. Stick around to the end of the article for an...
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Walk, Talk, and Think: How Walking Conversations Can Restore Authentic Learning in the Age of AI
As AI takes over essay writing, one-hour walk-and-talk conversations with instructors allow students to demonstrate a proper understanding through reflection, dialogue, and engagement with nature. The rise of generative AI in education presents both an opportunity and...
Inspired by Humanism, the Parque dos Sonhos State School in Cubatão (SP) is recognized as the best school in the world in 2025.
The Parque dos Sonhos State School, located in Bolsão 9 in Cubatão, on the coast of São Paulo, has just received the International Award for Best School in the World 2025, in the category “Overcoming Adversity,” awarded by a global jury of education experts. This...
The Fall of the West and the rise of a new Dawn
Giving the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 to María Corina Machado is the latest signal that the West has fallen even further than it has until today. To give the Nobel Peace Prize to a fascistic and violent Venezuelan trouble maker in the regime change payroll of the US shows...
Transcending the Borders: A Virtual Meeting Between India and Pakistan
On October 4th, 2025, at 11:00 AM CET, the webinar “Transcending the Borders: An Interdisciplinary Analysis on the Indo-Pakistani Conflict in a Peace Construction Perspective” was held online via Zoom. By Federica De Luca The event was part of a series of initiatives...
The Unblinking Eye: Fifty Years Along the Afghan Fault Line
My story is not one of a warrior, but of a witness. It begins in the hushed, anxious darkness of a village courtyard, under a canopy of indifferent stars. I was in the fifth class, a child nestled amidst the fearful silence of my family. The static crackle of my...
The Recent Sino-US Dispute Over Taiwan’s Post-WWII Status Is A Sign Of The Times
As the New Cold War shifts from the US prioritizing Russia’s containment in Europe to China’s containment in Asia, so too is the trend of the US gradually revising the results of WWII in order to give it an edge on that front too. The US’ de facto embassy in Taiwan...
Humanitarianism is important, but not sufficient
To understand the nature of a war and be able to make an informed decision, it is not enough to rely on what is happening internally within societies engaged in armed conflict. A state may be considered democratic in its internal functioning and still behave like a...
The Travesty of the Nobel Peace Prize
When Alfred Nobel created his celebrated prize in 1895, he imagined honoring those who ‘have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.’ A...
A conversation about Shakespeare with echoes in the present
Interview with Dimitris Eleas about William Shakespeare What follows is what was said between Dimitris Sakislidis* and me for the bibliophilic website Bookia, on the occasion of my book When Shakespeare Was Lost, 1585–1592, published in Athens by the historic...
A Historic Turning Point: The UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the Global Abolition of Surrogacy
New York – October 10, 2025. At the UN, Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, calls for the universal abolition of surrogacy: a historic turning point for women’s and children’s rights. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
Anatomy of Illegal Power on the Planet
“Illegal power is neither periphery nor shadow; it is a global system fed by formal politics and the formal economy” — inspired by Lucía Dammert Illegal power is neither accident nor exception. It is a parallel system spanning continents, sustained by collusion with...