Charlie Kirk’s death echoes through a movement that fuses Trump, the far right, and America’s unblinking devotion to Israel.| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
How a visit to Bosnia before the 29th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre underlined the dangers of equating nationhood with ethnicity.| | Frontline
It depends on whether withdrawal timelines are real, Palestinian leadership is chosen locally, and statehood becomes a reality and not a promise.| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
Hindu nationalist currents have found fertile ground in Nepal. The constitutional crisis now raises uncomfortable questions about RSS involvement.| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
A social media-driven uprising showcased digital activism’s potential. Yet it now faces risks of appropriation, misinformation, and fleeting impact.| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
The University of Cincinnati shut down its DEI programs after Ohio Senate Bill 1 and Trump’s executive order banned diversity initiatives.| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
In Gaza, Faiz recounts survival amid bombs and the death of his colleagues, holding on to his duty to document truth despite constant danger.| Frontline
In the era of far-right dominance, Global South can offer an alternative vision and lay the groundwork for a more democratic, equitable global order.| Frontline Columnists - The Best Opinion on the Web Today | Frontline
[I’ve created this post as a public service, because there are few places on the Web where this fallacy is recorded, and the places where it is strike me as liable to linkrot.] A “Wykehamist” is someone who went to Winchester College. The Wykehamist Fallacy has been a source of some terrible errors in Western foreign […]| PooterGeek
After a summer break, another episode of International Edition with Levy and Counsell is up at Ricochet.com. [iTunes link to follow.] Here’s the Ricochet blurb: TV news shows often only turn up in distant countries when the shooting starts. This approach can scare off, or simply puzzle, intelligent and curious viewers who would prefer more backstory […]| PooterGeek
This week, Judith Levy and I interviewed independent international correspondent Michael J. Totten. Michael Totten, who has reported extensively from the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. Sohrab Ahmari of Commentary wrote of Michael that he "practices journalism in the tradition of Orwell: morally imaginative, partisan in the best sense of the word, and delivered in […]| PooterGeek
Here’s an extraordinary thing: a documented cover-up by a US administration—not one imagined by conspiracy theorists: There's new evidence, obtained by ABC, that the Obama administration did deliberately purge references to "terrorism" from accounts of the attack on the Benghazi diplomatic mission, which killed four people including the US ambassador to Libya. Conservatives have long […]| PooterGeek
Over at Ricochet.com, our producer Scott named this podcast The Politics of Petulance after an article of the same name by David Horovitz in the Times Of Israel that Judith and I mention towards the end of our discussion. There are a few other sources I’d like to give credit to: Yau-Man Chan at Skepticblog writing about the curious cult of […]| PooterGeek
This is the first edition of the podcast that’s freely available gratis to people who don’t subscribe to Ricochet so fill yer boots. Judith and I just wound Claire up and let her run, though I did press her to come up with some hard, pragmatic reasons for the West (the US) to intervene in […]| PooterGeek
Judith and I discuss current events in Israel for Ricochet.com. The sound is better all round this time, though it’s clear I’m going to have to work on being a bit slicker. It’s p…| PooterGeek
La Cina è "sconvolta e delusa" dalle sanzioni USA all'Autorità Nazionale Palestinese| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Hamas: il viaggio di Witkoff a Gaza uno "spettacolo di propaganda"| www.lantidiplomatico.it
A luglio, le milizie governative siriane hanno torturato a morte otto detenuti| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Lavrov invita l'autoproclamato presidente siriano Al-Shaara al vertice Russia-Lega araba| www.lantidiplomatico.it
L'inazione araba favorisce i crimini israeliani a Gaza: Sayyed al-Houthi| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Gli USA impongono all'Iran le sanzioni più severe degli ultimi sette anni| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Ex istruttrice dell'esercito israeliano assunta come nuova "“responsabile della lotta all’odio" di TikTok| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Pyongyang accusa Washington e Seul di prepararsi alla guerra nucleare| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Trump precisa il termine dato alla Russia per raggiungere un accordo| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Trump strappa all’UE apertura dei mercati, ma i 600 miliardi di investimenti sono un bluff| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Corea del Nord: "Status nucleare irreversibile, gli USA accettino la realtà"| www.lantidiplomatico.it
La Siria annuncia le "prime elezioni parlamentari" dopo i massacri settari| www.lantidiplomatico.it
L'Iran rivela un "nuovo protocollo" con l'AIEA| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Yemen, Houthi annunciano quarta fase blocco navale contro Israele| www.lantidiplomatico.it
L'Iran avverte: corridoio di Zangezur è un complotto USA-Israele per bloccare Teheran e Mosca| www.lantidiplomatico.it
Nick Hedlund introduces Visionary Realism, a synthesis of Integral Theory and Critical Realism that addresses the root causes of our global Metacrisis. Rather than offering surface-level solutions, he invites us to align with the deeper structure of reality through aletheic resonance — a participatory, reverent way of knowing that may be key to the emergence of a new kind of human.| Integral Life
117 drones, five airfields, one wounded ego—Ukraine’s strike exposed not just Russia’s defences, but its dwindling claim to global heft.| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
The Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh is caught unawares as student protests over a quota for freedom fighters in jobs and education turn violent and claim more than 150 lives. While Hasina sees it as the handiwork of her political opponents, saner voices have urged her to reach out to the students. As Bangladesh limps back to normalcy, with Internet and mobile phone services restored, people are still asking how and why the agitating students, who were for weeks protesting peacefully, s...| Frontline
He thought of the SS man whose flat they were renovating, how he talked excitedly about his wife’s arrival, no doubt imagining her joy when she saw the new kitchen.| A Thinking Person, a.k.a. Cogit8R