US hegemony
South Korea pivots to conflict

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s aspiration to position South Korea as a “global pivotal state” is turning his country into a bigger cog in the US war machine and stakes South Korea’s security and economic future on a declining US-led global order

The Global South is done waiting for the UN to solve humanity’s challenges

The UN is, and has been for some time, a pretty meaningless institution that merely acts as a useful idiot when the White House decides it has some role to perform in protecting US interests. Many countries of the Global South are now seeing much more value in creating structures that take their interests into account

Russia-Ukraine war Biden’s existential angst in Ukraine

It is becoming increasingly clear that the US is fighting in Ukraine to preserve its global hegemony

Silencing the lambs: how propaganda works

The US dominates Western media. All but one of the top 10 media companies are based in North America. The internet and social media – Google, Twitter, Facebook – are mostly US owned and controlled

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan

Anti-war activists argue that this latest visit risks military confrontation with China, which would be devastating for both Chinese and US people

Mexican diplomacy AMLO The era of Northern hegemony over Mexico is coming to an end

The general mood in Latin America is that the US should not waste its time interfering south of its border but should, instead, spend its energy trying to resolve its cascading internal crises

Peace summit Madrid Alternatives to a world at war divided in two

This weekend, a Peace Summit is organized in Madrid where various organizations and international movements will meet to oppose NATO and work together to organize the struggle for real security of the people and the planet

Why Biden will keep the US-imposed Cold War rolling

Will US foreign policy change significantly under the incoming Biden administration? Vijay Prashad argues that this is unlikely, especially with regard to the Cold War on China

Corona shock to the world oil order

The post second World War US hegemony was based on oil prices being pegged to the dollar. Will the hegemony of the dollar survive the corona oil shock?

IS US setting the stage for war with Iran?

US president Donald Trump recently announced the country’s decision to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation.