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The term ‘Cold War’ (old or new) hides rather than describes; also, a profound difference between the former era and the present one.
1. The older era---A Systemic Confrontation (a) This was criss-crossed by various nationalist rivalries within the Communist bloc---Asia, Indochina, Balkans. (...)
Much of the world at this moment is a laboratory searching for the cure for capitalism, and the social scientists running the experiments are in the streets.
Around the world, people are rising up in arms, on nearly every continent and in more than a dozen nations. In the last six months there (...)
HONG KONG, SUDAN, ALGERIA, Puerto Rico — and more. These are part of a wave of democratic mobilizations challenging repressive, authoritarian systems. In a world that seems dominated by vicious reaction, these are signs of hope for a better future, even though in most cases the struggles’ (...)
The rivalry between the U.S. and China is the central inter-imperial rivalry of our epoch. Trump has made this abundantly clear in his administration’s National Security Strategy documents, calling for a shift from a focus on the so-called “War on Terror” to “Great Power Rivalry,” and naming China (...)
Japan, US and Australia push back on China’s South Pacific expansion Tokyo advocates ’free and open Indo-Pacific’ and promises economic aid
TOKYO — A war of nerves involving Japan, the U.S., Australia and China is underway over island nations in the South Pacific Ocean such as Palau, Fiji and the (...)
The Russia-China strategic partnership, consolidated last week in Russia, has thrown U.S. elites into Supreme Paranoia mode, which is holding the whole world hostage.
Something extraordinary began with a short walk in St. Petersburg last Friday.
After a stroll, they took a boat on the Neva (...)
Highlights
• Russia and China are on a trajectory to increase ties across the economic, energy and security realms, but this path is by no means set.
• The evolving relationship between Russia and China will inherently be shaped by each country’s links to — and contention with — the United States (...)
Ashley Smith provides the background for understanding the latest twists and turns in the developing superpower conflict between the U.S. and China.
OUR DAILY newsfeeds are filled with stories about the spiraling conflicts between the U.S. and China: They’re poised on the precipice of a trade (...)
Major trends of changing geopolitics impact Asia and Europe and provide space for positive interventions from peace movements for people’s security. Even as the rise of Asia is seen as impacting international geopolitics the current reality in the Asian Continent is as follows: 1. Most riven (...)
Rivalry escalates amid concerns over trade, as warships nearly collide and an FBI trap angers Beijing.
The US and China have shrugged off rules and constraints that have kept their 21st-century global rivalry in check, opening the way for an escalating conflict on many fronts that neither side (...)
Think of it as the most momentous military planning on Earth right now. Who’s even paying attention, given the eternal changing of the guard at the White House, as well as the latest in tweets, sexual revelations, and investigations of every sort? And yet it increasingly looks as if, thanks to (...)
Ashley Smith analyzes the Trump administration’s further lurch toward warmongering and “America First” nationalism—and what the consequences might be.
THE TRUMP administration has taken a decisive turn toward an even more militarist “America First” strategy.
Over the past few weeks, the billionaire (...)
During the 2016 US election campaign Donald Trump promised an end to pointless foreign wars and attacked “useless” and massively expensive new military equipment, like the $1.5 trillion Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter. But the Trump presidency has ushered in a new era of militarism, as the (...)
This resolution presented to the World Congress by the outgoing International Committee was adopted by 109 votes for, 5 against, 1 abstention, 0 No votes.
Introduction
The “theses” that follow do not claim to be exhaustive or to present finished conclusions. Their main purpose is to nourish an international process of collective reflection. They often rely on already shared ideas, but try to push further the discussion of the implications of these analyses. To this end, at the risk of (...)
This resolution presented by the outgoing International Committee was adopted 108 votes for, 5 against, 1 abstention.
Chapters
I. Some analytical elements
1 / What is the evolution of the situation of the working class and the exploited worldwide?
2 / Evolution also of the worldwide rate (...)
The most fluid arena in the modern world-system, which is in structural crisis, is arguably the geopolitical arena. No country comes even near to dominating this arena. The last hegemonic power, the United States, has long acted like a helpless giant. It is able to destroy but not to control (...)
Two documents published by the US government in the past two months spell it out loud and clear: the US is on the warpath against emerging big power rivals China and Russia.
The National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy, released in December and January respectively, reflect the (...)
Religion, gender dynamics, place and cultural identity – all inform rising authoritarian populism in rural areas, alongside class interests and inequalities. Mobilising alternatives to capture by regressive political forces is not straightforward.
Authoritarian populism is on the rise. Whether (...)
Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017.
“We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world, militarily, and what we’re doing,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in October . That was in the wake of the combat deaths of four members of the (...)
Transcript of Interview with Noam Chomsky by Pervez Hoodbhoy
Pervez Hoodbhoy: Noam! There’s a whole lot of things that I want to talk to you about, but let me start with this. It appears as if the world is retribalizing. We are going back to our primal tribal loyalties – to religion, to (...)
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