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During a discussion on Ukraine on the Newsclick channel in 2014.

Aijaz and the world

Aijaz Ahmad’s legacy is that he showed us what it meant to think and act as Marxists, as critics of a world disorder that threatens us with extinction

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry at a press conference in Port-au-Prince on August 14, after the earthquake struck.

Shaken island: Haiti earthquake the latest crisis to leave citizens in distress

The earthquake that struck Haiti recently has added to the island-nation’s multiple crises: political instability, rising levels of gang violence, an

Amanullah and his wife Queen Soraya during their Europe trip, circa 1927-28.

Afghanistan’s long struggle with reforms and conservativism

For a hundred years, the Afghan people have struggled between two visions of their society—one that saw the need to reform society through women’s ema

The British Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender arriving at the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, on June 18.

Latin America to Africa to Asia: U.S. military might on display through global military and naval exercises

Whether it is the “freedom of navigation” missions alongside the Chinese coastline or military exercises such as Tradewinds and African Lion, the U.S.

President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO summit at the organisation’s headquarters in Brussels on June 14.

The G7’s ‘war’ on China

It is clear that there is widespread agreement in the West that China’s development must be stopped at all costs even if it means mobilising half-trut

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a news conference in London on October 23. He was arrested on December 7 after a Swedish court issued a warrant against him on a molestation charge.

Empire unmasked

The WikiLeaks cables expose the duplicity in American diplomacy and send shudders across world capitals. (Published in the issue dated December 31, 20

President Joe Biden, along with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meets virtually with members of the Quad alliance, in the the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 12. On screens are Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

U.S. policy on Asia focussed on its attempt to weaken China

Discussions in the Quad on vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies shroud the actual impetus of the grouping, which is to weaken China and

The inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden broadcast at a shopping mall in Beijing on January 21, 2021.

Foreign policy challenges that U.S. President Joe Biden faces in Asia

Even as Asia remains the most important frontline of United States President Joe Biden’s foreign policy, there are clear indications that his administ

President Donald Trump at a rally near the White House on January 6. He asked his supporters to march to the Capitol to protest against the U.S.’ ratification of Joe Biden’s election victory.

Outrage over Trump’s failed insurrection at Capitol Hill even as the United States glosses over its own history of inciting coups worldwide

There is high-minded outrage at what happened in Washington, D.C., but no self-awareness that this kind of insurrection is precisely what the United S

A Tv showing the live broadcast of the U.S. presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, in Seoul, South Korea, on October 23, 2020.

U.S. foreign policy under Joe Biden will not be greatly different from that of the past

Under Joe Biden the foreign policy goal of U.S. primacy will remain. To this end the U.S. will continue to undermine the ties China and Russia have es

Supporters of Donald Trump rally outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on November 21.

How Trumpism will continue after Trump

By the end of the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, what will be evident is the continuation of much of the Trump agenda and an increase in civil

President-elect Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 10.

Imperfect relief for Americans as Joe Biden wins the presidential election

Donald Trump’s defeat comes as a relief to Americans frustrated by his divisive and racist policies and actions and mishandling of the COVID-19 pandem