Iran, Russia, China Reject ‘Unlawful’ US Sanctions After Tripartite Meeting
The meeting was aimed at discussing stalled US–Iranian nuclear talks, which Tehran refuses to engage in under threats and sanctions.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Press Conference
Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers questions from Chinese and foreign media about China’s foreign policy and external relations.
Trump Officials Enraged at Zelenskyy for Ignoring Advice Before Oval Office Meeting
Trump officials say that the minerals deal would effectively serve as a US security guarantee to Ukraine and that Zelenskyy should not have challenged the deal publicly
The Geopolitics of Peace — Jeffrey Sachs in the European Parliament
Professor Jeffrey Sachs' Speech at European Parliament on February 19, 2025.
What Is a ‘Multipolar’ World? China Says Equality; Trump & Marco Rubio Say Imperial Rivalry
What is the meaning of “multipolarity”? Donald Trump and Marco Rubio say “great power competition” with imperial spheres of influence. China and much of the Global South have an anti-imperialist…
Patrick Lawrence: Trump 2.0 Crosses the Atlantic
Whatever the future may hold — and seldom does it present such promise and peril as now — Trump and his national-security team set a lot of wheels in motion…
‘A Victory for Putin’? Jeffrey Sachs & Matt Duss Debate US-Russia Talks to End Ukraine War
For more on these developments, we host a discussion between economist Jeffrey Sachs and foreign policy analyst Matt Duss.
Patrick Lawrence: Trump vs. the Deep State
Either Donald Trump will begin to exert political control over the invisible government or the invisible government will sink Donald Trump just as it did during his first term as…
Chris Hedges: The Mafia State
First we got a mafia economy. Then we got a mafia state. We must rid ourselves of the ruling criminal class or become its victims.
Michael Hudson: Trump’s Tariff Threats Could Destabilize the Global Economy
Trump’s protectionist policies threaten to radically unbalance the balance of payments and exchange rates throughout the world, preventing debtor countries from earning the dollars needed to pay their foreign debts.…
On the Eve of Trump, Iran and Russia Launch Historical Deal
In a detailed strategic partnership agreement signed last week in Moscow, Eurasian powers Russia and Iran issued a challenge to the US-led global order and placed its incoming new president…
Will the Cuban Revolution Survive the Storm of 2025?
Surveying the perspectives of some of the most marginalized populations in Havana, Shaw assesses their responses to the US unilateral blockade and Cuba’s isolation.
China Sanctions 13 US Companies in Response to Weapons Sales to Taiwan
The sanctions targeted companies involved in drone production
Syrian Islamist Rebels Seize Aleppo, Army Vows Counterattack
HTS rebels reportedly advancing south toward Hama
Requiem for an Empire
How America’s Strongman Will Hasten the Decline of U.S. Global Power.