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Canada III: The Neighbor Who Started Moving the Furniture
“When a great power threatens to close a door, it may discover too late that the neighbor has learned how to build others.” This is the third column devoted to Canada. Canada I examined the tariff dispute with the United States and trade dependence as a strategic vulnerability. Canada II showed how that diversification was…
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Ghana’s Foreign Minister Facilitates Scientific Research Partnership with Moscow’s Institute for African Studies
Developing economic investments, scientific and educational cooperation within the framework of Russia-Ghana’s bilateral relations, formed the main discussions held by Ghana’s delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, with the Institute for African Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), during the delegation’s visit in mid-August, 2026. The meeting also discussed prospects of…
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Nuclear Abolition Day 2026: Global Events Bring Together Generations for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
As the United Nations prepares to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26, peace organizations are organizing global events to bring renewed attention to nuclear disarmament and the urgent need for international cooperation The annual observance, established by the UN General Assembly in 2013, provides an opportunity to…
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The Urgency of Recognizing the Ansar Allah Government in Yemen
The Trump administration came perilously close to launching another bombing campaign against Yemen this weekend. According to a September 20 New York Times report, US commanders had approved their targets, American troops were loading bombs onto warplanes, and an attack on Yemen’s Ansar Allah forces was about to begin when President Trump abruptly reversed course.…
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Women in Power or Power-hungry Women? Media treatment of leftist Latina leaders in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Mexico
Women who attain political power are often judged by the US-aligned corporate press not simply by what they do but by how politically acceptable they are. This is evident in the strikingly different media treatment of three Latin American leaders, all lifelong leftists, raising the question of how relations with the US shape media judgments…
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Ending Fossil Fuels and Abolishing War: A Crossroads Reached
The war machines and lucrative arms industries are at the heart of our climate crisis. They are fossil fuel dependent, largely rooted in the big economies and are the manifestation of decades of colonial, neo-colonial, imperialist policy-making. It has resulted in a century and more of perpetual war waged on innocent civilians and our home…
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Former IPB Co-President Philip Jennings Delivers Keynote at Live Peace Annecy
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Acute Threat to Israel’s Water Security: Who is Responsible?
By Helga Merkelbach Since August 31, 2026, five of Israel’s six seawater desalination plants have been fully or partially shut down due to an extraordinary algal bloom, measuring 100 km in length (North-South), 7 km in width, and 20 m in depth (satelite photos). As of today (September 20), this has resulted in a 50%…
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Bangladesh prison deaths raise alarm
At least 132 prisoners have died in Bangladesh in the first eight and a half months of 2026, raising fresh questions over medical care, overcrowding and the state’s responsibility for people held in its custody. For people entering Bangladesh’s prisons, the loss of liberty is supposed to be the punishment. But for families whose relatives…
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Peru: Extortion claims lives while Executive postpones repeal of pro-crime laws
Peru is in turmoil. While the Executive continues to wait for the granting of legislative powers and implements ineffective measures against criminal groups, the population continues to die at the hands of extortionists. In the last week, they murdered an investigative journalist in the city of Chimbote and threatened another in the Ica region. Firearm…