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The mystery of U Thant and the 1965-67 Nobel Peace Prize

Posted By: adminon: August 31, 2025In: FlashbackTags: Cuban Missile Crisis, Nobel Peace Prize Committee, North Vietnam, Ralph Bunche, The Norwegian government, U.N Secretary-General U Thant, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
The mystery of U Thant and the 1965-67 Nobel Peace Prize

By Thant Myint-U This LinkedIn piece may not be the bombshell it is for the bit about how the Nobel establishment pulled the carpet from under then UN Sec-Gen – U Thant’s feet on the Nobel P... Read more

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The Israel-Iran Crisis: A Chance to Step Back from the Brink

Posted By: adminon: April 17, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Beijing, Deterrence, Hamas, Hizbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Operation True Promise, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
The Israel-Iran Crisis: A Chance to Step Back from the Brink

By International Crisis Group There is some careful balancing in this statement that makes it a more attractive intervention than that of those who are either parroting Israel’s invincibilit... Read more

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Quite Literally, China Builds While America Bombs, And This Study Proves It

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Beijing, CEPR, DOD, George Orwell, Manufacturing superpower, Paul Krugman, PEACE, WAR, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
Quite Literally, China Builds While America Bombs, And This Study Proves It

The world is becoming more and more interesting even as it is becoming more and more dangerous, whether you are in the metropolis or in the hamlet. Just as in an earlier story in Interventio... Read more

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The Conservatism of Multi-Party Democracy in Developing Countries

Posted By: adminon: April 06, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Abuja, APC administration, Defensive Radicalism, New Delhi, Pretoria, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
The Conservatism of Multi-Party Democracy in Developing Countries

By Aminu Habibu Jahun   Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the United States as the dominant world  power, competitive multi-party  democracy  triumphed as the ... Read more

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The Comprador Intelligentsia

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Center, Comprador intelligentsia, Islam, London, Mainland China, the West, US, Washington1 CommentViews:
The Comprador Intelligentsia

By Branko Milanovic   This writer recasts an age-old form of dependency into a fascinating new delivery. Read on: In “Orientalism”, Edward Said spoke of an orientalist as an interpreter... Read more

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‘Reading’ One of PLA’s Newest Commanders in Town

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Beijing, Delhi, DRC, International Security, Islamabad, Moscow, PLA, Stanley Macebuh, The New York Times, Ukraine, Washington1 CommentViews:
'Reading' One of PLA's Newest Commanders in Town

The cover picture that hits our eyes here is that of General Huang Ming, the new commander of the People’s Liberation Army, (PLA)’s Central Theatre Command. That’s the guy in cha... Read more

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The Russians Are Coming: Are Beijing and Moscow at the Cusp of a Formal Alliance?

Posted By: adminon: February 06, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: NATO, Nord Stream 2, RCEP, Sino-Soviet split, Warsaw Treaty Organisation, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
The Russians Are Coming: Are Beijing and Moscow at the Cusp of a Formal Alliance?

Counterpunch from where this piece was reproduced introduced the authors, first being Ramzy Baroud, as a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books.... Read more

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The Iranian Hedgehog Versus the American Fox

Posted By: adminon: June 22, 2019In: World From AfricaTags: Archilochus, Glenn Greenwald, Karl Marx, Sean Hannity, Tehran, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
The Iranian Hedgehog Versus the American Fox

The world is in the grip of fear of a war between the US and Iran after Iran shot down a US surveillance plane. Bringing a psycho-analysis lens to the escalation, Karim Sadjadpour deploys la... Read more

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Wayne Barrett, Who Wrote the Book on Trump, Is Still Reporting

Posted By: adminon: November 12, 2016In: De-EscalationTags: DONALD TRUMP, HILLARY CLINTON, Kellyanne Conway, PAC, Rudy Giuliani, Tony Schwartz, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:
Wayne Barrett, Who Wrote the Book on Trump, Is Still Reporting

                                                         By Jennifer Gonnerman         Wayne Barrett, the author of “Trump: The Deals and the Downfalls,” in 2007. Credit... Read more

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Underdeveloped American Democracy

Posted By: adminon: November 11, 2016In: SpectacleTags: America, Angola, Arkansas State, Brazil, British, Canada, CHINA, DONALD TRUMP, HILLARY CLINTON, ISIS, JACOB ZUMA, Mexico, Namibia, Robert Mugabe, SOUTH AFRICA, United Nations, Venezuela, Washington, ZimbabweNo CommentsViews:
Underdeveloped American Democracy

            By Okello Oculi, The notion of the United States of America as an ‘’underdeveloped country’’ was irreverently presented by Ira Sharkansky  to the197... Read more

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