Autor: pacifista

The U.S. government has the world’s most expensive military waging wars around the world. It also now has a military aimed at the United States itself. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has a budget larger than any military in the world except 12. It has military weaponry and vehicles. It has military training from the…

The demolition and subsequent burning of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem, carried out by Israeli authorities on 20 January 2026, do not constitute an isolated episode nor a simple administrative dispute. It is an act that goes beyond the…

Not all decisions of power are explained by the logic of security, nor even by strategic interest. Some obey a more primitive impulse: punishment. The migration offensive deployed in Minneapolis at the beginning of January does not respond to a demographic emergency, an exceptional criminal threat, or a verifiable operational necessity. It responds to something…

On 22–23 January, SIPRI collaborated with the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) at Nagasaki University and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) to organize a conference in Geneva.

(Poseur-buyer offered to serve as reseller) 27 January 2026, Quezon City.  Imported skin-lightening products flagged by the national government for being sold without market authorization or for containing mercury are being sold in Naga City in blatant violation of the law. “The brazen trade of contraband cosmetics with mercury content in Naga City and other…

Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” built around heads of state, including Russia, is structurally ill-suited to end the Israel–Hamas war and to govern postwar Gaza in any sustainable way At a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump unveiled his newly formed Board of Peace to end the Israel-Hamas war. During a…

Peering out from the United States, it’s hard to see much of China. One learns general facts and gathers views from a small number of people. But I can’t make a lot of sense out of this 4% of humanity over here (or myself for that matter), and don’t have much hope at all for…

To understand political events, it is important to approach them from a historical perspective, but things change rapidly, and we must also adapt to the present. This requires grounding our thinking in the current circumstances. The historian’s perspective, essential for putting things into context, can and should be complemented by analyses that demonstrate a concern…

16 January 2026 marked the tenth anniversary of the arbitrary detention of Milagro Sala, civil rights activist, trade unionist and social leader of the Tupac Amaru neighbourhood organisation in the Argentine province of Jujuy, who has campaigned for the rights of the indigenous population, some of whom live in extreme poverty. The case is one…

This petition calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Grzegorz Gawel, a Polish citizen unlawfully detained in Belarus. His imprisonment represents a clear violation of international human rights standards, including freedom of conscience, due process, and protection from arbitrary detention. Grzegorz Gawel, a Polish Catholic monk and humanitarian, has been unlawfully detained in Belarus…