As Europe approaches NATO’s 24–26 June summit in The Hague, its 750 million people face a decisive strategic choice that will affect their lives for years to come – and one with far wider global impact. By John Ross The policies implemented in Europe in recent years...
Can a portrait of the Western ideological landscape be painted? The uproar surrounding certain “cultural” or “civilizational” wars, the dire warnings against underhanded and harmful intrigues hatched by real or imaginary enemies, the anguished calls to defend one’s...
The international peace movement is not waiting on governments to stop the genocide in Gaza. Tomorrow, a coalition of military veterans, religious and humanitarian organizations reaches the halfway mark in their 40-day Veterans & Allies Fast for Gaza; the Freedom...
Proving Zero Waste Works—even in Islands 08 June 2025 – Philippines – Island communities face extra challenges in waste management, but the success of three Philippine island communities — Isla Verde in Batangas City, Apo Island, and Siquijor — shows that Zero Waste...
Groups Foster Awareness and Action Towards a Healthy and Safe Learning Environment 9 June 2025, Quezon City. Civil society groups highlighted the importance of being aware of the potential risks from chemicals and waste in the school environment and the need to...
When historian Paul Kennedy published The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in 1987, his sweeping analysis of imperial decline—spanning 1500 to 1980—arrived at a moment of American triumphalism. The U.S. stood ascendant as its Cold War rival, the USSR, crumbled. On...
India’s defiance might soon lead to trouble in its ties with the US unless one of them relents. There were high hopes late last year that “Trump Will Repair The Damage That Biden Dealt To Indo-US Ties” due to the high-level Indophilic officials that he planned to...
Kaja Kallas is the face of Europe’s self-defeating positions on China and self-loathing reverence for America Europe today practices a diplomacy that delivers no outcomes. Policies are not designed to protect interests, but rather scripted to signal virtue or hopeless...
This is Day 16 of the Veterans for Peace “40-Day Fast for Gaza.” https://embed.acast.com/$/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/fasting-for-gazans-kathy-kelly-brian-terrell-day-16? Since May 22, 2025, I’ve been speaking with peacemaker Kathy Kelly, who has been fasting to raise...
In the race to develop artificial intelligence, large technology companies such as Google and Meta are trying to secure massive amounts of electricity to power new data centers. Electric utilities see the prospect of earning large profits by providing electricity to...
On Friday, almost the entire country is under an Environment Canada air quality warning as wildfires continue to rage across the Prairies. As world leaders prepare to gather in Alberta in Kananaskis for the G7 summit next week, some activist groups across Canada say...
Trump’s reckless and accelerated nuclear orders would destroy safety oversight and endanger the public, writes Linda Pentz Gunter On May 23rd, with several strokes of his pen, President Trump issued orders that would roll back US energy policy about 50 years. On that...