By Alessandro De Pascale
Half a century after the global war on drugs, launched and imposed on the entire world by the United States (then led by Richard Nixon) more and more nations are calling for a reversal of that...
By Emanuele Profumi from Santiago, Chile
"I feel at the edge of a precipice. I feel dizzy. The Chilean reality is going to be very hard now. We have been experiencing a very deep crisis for a long time: political,...
From United against Inhumanity:
Beyond the horrific scramble at Kabul International Airport in August last year, the return of the Taliban was met by most Afghans with a mix of relief and anxiety. Relief because the war – for all...
By Sania Farooqui for IPS
On August 25, 2017, “Myanmar military began a sweeping campaign of massacres, rape, and arson in northern Rakhine State”, said Human Rights Watch in its latest report, Myanmar: No Justice, No Freedom for Rohingya 5...
By Raffaele Crocco
Pamplona - In Pamplona, pouring a small beer and preparing tapas, the waiter comments that 'they are our new forests. Although they are not very green and they really make an impression'. He is right, just judging...
Two US warships passed through the Taiwan Strait. The US Navy announced this today: it is the first time this has happened since China's unprecedented military manoeuvres near the island. Below is a brief reconstruction of the recent tensions...
By Ambra Visentin
After many months of tension between France and Algeria, President Emmanuel Macron met his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers from 25 to 27 August. Under the leadership of the two presidents, constitutionally 'commanders-in-chief of the armed forces',...
By Filippo Rossi
For months now, Turkey and its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been playing a major and prominent role in the international crisis that erupted with the start of the Ukrainian conflict on 24 February, which soon becaem...
By Marta Cavallaro
In recent weeks, Africa has been the focus of popular protests, visits from foreign dignitaries, elections, glimmers of peace, but also dormant conflicts that, unfortunately, have flared up again. In these last days of August, it is...
By Emanuele Giordana
The result announced by Thai Constitutional Court on August 24 was by no means a foregone one: 5 votes to 4 decided that Premier Prayut was temporarily suspended. Everyone was surprised: the premier general perhaps first: 'The...
