Category: China

Chris Hedges: The Folly of a War With Iran

Iran has a large arsenal of ballistic missiles it can unleash on Israel, as well as on American military installations in the region. While initial waves can be intercepted, repeated attacks would swiftly deplete the Israeli and U.S. air defense…

Trade Wars: The Decline of America

Instead of judiciously adapting to America’s relative decline by carving out a new place for itself in the emerging multipolar world, U.S. leaders have pursued the fantasy of endless dominance, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.

WATCH: Albanese’s Unlikely Challenger

AU ELECTION: Running against Anthony Albanese in the Australian prime minister’s Sydney district on Saturday is the unlikely figure of a two-time, Oscar-nominated film director who’s mad as hell and can’t take it anymore.

A New International Order?

Progressives’ support for a multilateral world often ignores how much the emerging new world is similar to the old one, a point also missed by Jeffrey Sachs in speaking of a “new international order,” writes Asoka Bandarage.