All the key players in the current conflict spent years kidding themselves, and peace will only come when they accept reality By Sergey Poletaev The Russian military offensive in Ukraine has set in motion a chain of events that has led to a global upheaval – in...
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Can Donald Lu’s Bangladesh visit restore his credibility in South Asia?
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu has recently been mentioned frequently in the media while talking about US relations with South Asian nations. This time his visit to Dhaka has generated a buzz in the diplomatic community against...
Organised local power needs to rescue municipalities from corrupt clutches in Chile
Part of the dynamic of Chilean municipal politics is that every time a councillor loses his or her subsequent re-election, we learn of pronounced deficits in the municipal coffers. Thus, we have emblematic cases of Virginia Reginato in Viña del Mar (17.5 billion),...
Argentina: “They want the Mapuche to be submissive and impoverished, they can’t accept that we have an autonomous path”.
On January 4, it has been three months since federal forces broke into the territory of the Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu in Villa Mascardi (Bariloche) and took Mapuche women and children into custody. Four of them are still under house arrest, including the machi Betiana...
A thousand scientists sign for civil disobedience: scientists and activists call for a moratorium on Lützerath and block the entrance of RWE headquarters
Essen, 13.01.2022: since 7 AM in the morning, 20 activists from Extinction Rebellion and 7 scientists from Scientist Rebellion have been blocking the headquarters of the German energy company RWE in Essen. 3 activists chained themselves to the gate. Their demand: a...
EU: Companies with more than 100 employees must disclose wages to make pay gaps visible
The European Council, the Commission and the Parliament have agreed on the main points of the new EU Pay Transparency Directive. The directive aims to end the pay gap between women and men. In the future, companies with more than 100 employees will have to publish...
51 years of Myanmar-Bangladesh ties
January 13, 2023, marked 51 years of bilateral ties between Myanmar and Bangladesh. Myanmar recognized Bangladesh as a sovereign state on January 13, 1972. There were many ups and downs between the two neighbors over these 51 years. Why was this? Because the relations...
When sea rescue is to be punished
For helping refugees, they are on trial in Greece: a highly controversial trial of 24 sea rescuers begins in Lesbos on Tuesday (January 10, 2023). Amnesty International calls on the Greek authorities to drop the charges. By Moritz Ettlinger “If I can be criminalized...
How Many Ukrainian Refugees Will Return Home?
Millions of Ukrainians have fled the country since Russia’s invasion in February 2022. The longer the war continues, the less likely they are to return, with dire consequences for Ukraine. By John P. Ruehl Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has created...
I worked at Centro Arte Alameda during the Chilean social upheaval
For more than 70 days, every time I was about to leave my house on my way to work, my stomach started to hurt, and I felt a strong pressure in my chest that didn’t let me breathe. I was living in a constant state of anxiety. I changed the way I dressed, black...
Rome: garrison at Pantheon against sending arms to Ukraine
Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the same time as the debate in the Senate chamber on the conversion into law of Decree 185 of Dec. 2, 2022, which authorizes the transfer of arms to Ukraine through 2023, a committee launched by the Disarmisti Esigenti (Demanding disarmists)...
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s Orlando Vacation – Comparing the January Riots in the Brazilian and US Capitols
Outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fled the county just before his term of office ended on January 1, apparently fearing legal prosecution for multiple wrong-doings once he lost presidential immunity. By Roger D. Harris Bolsonaro had long predicted that if he...