Global Voices

United By Dissonance

Alice Kohli / Truthdig May 21, 2025 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Fareed Zakaria Is Stuck Somewhere Between 1950 and 1995

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Mar 10, 2025 Like many foreign policy elites, the commentator cannot grasp that the multipolar world is here to stay. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Europe

German Elections Reflect Dramatic Shift From Postwar Political Order

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Feb 25, 2025 The more the dominant-but-shrinking parties try to marginalize right-wing AfD, the quicker they sow stagnation and failure. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Europe

Paris Summit Was Theater, and Much Ado About Nothing

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Feb 19, 2025 Europeans are arguing for commitments that they cannot keep and that Russia is bound to test. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

The Nuclear Danger in Asia

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Jan 9, 2025 Simmering tensions among China, India and Pakistan are driving a triangular nuclear arms race. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Europe

U.K. Dutifully Follows Biden into Ukraine Doom Spiral

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Nov 22, 2024 Kyiv is using British Storm Shadow missiles to attack Russia. This 'Trump proofing' is entirely shortsighted. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

1,001 Days of War

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Nov 21, 2024 Ukraine could never "win." But Washington wanted to play. So, we vetoed peace deals, killed hundreds of thousands, wasted untold billions and risked a world-ending nuclear war that is closer than ever. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Books

‘The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World’

Peter Taylor / NACLA Nov 1, 2024 Chomsky and Robinson’s new critical survey of American foreign policy seeks to dispel the myth that the United States is devoted to promoting democracy and human rights. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Film

The Fellowship of the Lame

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Oct 9, 2024 A surrealist fantasy spoof sends the leaders of the G7 stumbling through the deep, dark woods. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Military

Giving Cruise Missiles to Ukraine Won’t Change the Battlefield Equation

George Beebe / Responsible Statecraft Sep 18, 2024 But it very well could lead to a catastrophic escalation of the war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Europe

The Dangers of Ukraine’s Advance Into Russia

George Beebe / Responsible Statecraft Aug 21, 2024 While Kyiv has succeeded in capturing headlines, it's unclear what the mission will actually achieve. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Military

Despite Ban, Germany Condones U.S. Transiting Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

Mary Wareham / Responsible Statecraft Jul 30, 2024 Berlin signed a ban on such weapons but is now being coy about the arms being stored and transferred from bases there. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )