Japan’s discomfort in the New Cold War
Japan

Japan’s discomfort in the New Cold War

In December, Japan will release a new National Security Strategy, the first since 2014. The country has indicated that it would increase its military budget by 11% a year from now till 2024

Vijay Prashad
November 8, 2022
Guinea’s plight lays bare the greed of foreign mining companies in the Sahel
Guinea

Guinea’s plight lays bare the greed of foreign mining companies in the Sahel

Over a year after the coup in Guinea, the military government is unable to construct a viable agenda to exit the country’s dependence on foreign mining companies. In the meantime, the protests for a return to democracy are unlikely to be quelled

Vijay Prashad
October 29, 2022
China’s path to socialist modernization
China

China’s path to socialist modernization

The discussions in the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress reflected recent achievements and challenges for the coming period

Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak
October 26, 2022
La ruta de China hacia la modernización socialista
China Español

La ruta de China hacia la modernización socialista

Los debates del XX Congreso Nacional del Partido Comunista de China reflejaron los logros recientes y los retos para el próximo periodo

Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak
October 26, 2022
The West must stop blocking negotiations between Ukraine and Russia
World

The West must stop blocking negotiations between Ukraine and Russia

Ukrainians have been paying a terrible price for the failure of ensuring sensible and reasonable negotiations from 2014 to February 2022 – which could have prevented the invasion by Russia in the first place, and once the war started, could have led to the end of this war

Vijay Prashad
October 25, 2022
The last thing Haiti needs is another military intervention
Haiti

The last thing Haiti needs is another military intervention

A military intervention in Haiti amid a deepening social, economic, and political crisis will not solve the problems facing the country

Vijay Prashad
October 20, 2022
Charting the rise of anti-French sentiment across Northern Africa
Africa France

Charting the rise of anti-French sentiment across Northern Africa

Anti-French sentiment has increasingly been on the rise across the Sahel and North Africa due to its role in destabilizing the region with military interventions

Vijay Prashad
October 17, 2022
Trazando el aumento del sentimiento antifrancés en el norte de África
Africa Español France

Trazando el aumento del sentimiento antifrancés en el norte de África

El sentimiento antifrancés ha aumentado en el Sahel y el norte de África debido a su papel en la desestabilización de la región con intervenciones militares.

Vijay Prashad
October 17, 2022