Four events have shattered NATO’s drive for enlargement eastward. Now, decisions by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for the entire world’s peace, security and wellbeing.
Jeffrey Sachs: Beyond the Neocon Debacle in Ukraine
Category: U.N. Security Council
Report: Mediterranean’s Migrant Death Toll Jumps
Over 2,500 migrants died or went missing trying to cross the sea to reach Europe so far this year, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reports, noting a striking increase from last year.
UN Reform? Think ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Thomas G. Weiss says the U.N.’s highest priority should be reinforcing the system’s crumbling foundations.
UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats
Vijay Prashad challenges the right of two old colonial powers to lord over present-day geopolitics.
BRICS: Global Center of Gravity Shifts
As is often the case in history, the actions of a dying empire create common ground for its victims to look for alternatives, writes Vijay Prashad.