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As the post-Soviet order collapses, Armenia feels threatened
Avedis Hadjian, 25 October 2023
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Outside in
Weeks after the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region formally part of Azerbaijan, was emptied of its remaining 120,000 residents, Armenia is following Azerbaijan’s (...)
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US sanctions on Venezuela: tool for democracy or siege tactic?
Elias Ferrer, 13 September 2023
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Outside in
On 1 September, a group of US senators wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressing the lack of democratic guarantees for the coming primaries and 2024 presidential (...)
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Decolonising development with Frantz Fanon
Benjamin Selwyn, 11 September 2023
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Outside in
The great cultural theorist Stuart Hall called Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth ‘the bible of decolonisation’ as it encapsulated the urge for freedom across the colonial world (...)
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In Colombia, ‘the time has come to govern properly’
Renaud Lambert, 11 July 2023
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Colombia has a problem — not all of Colombia, but its elites. The country’s first leftwing president, Gustavo Petro, in office since 7 August 2022, actually intends to ‘implement the (...)
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UN and Afghanistan: ‘an uneasy balance’
Tanya Goudsouzian, 19 May 2023
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A two-day UN conference in Doha concluded on 2 May with no sign that the global community was inching closer to formal recognition of the Taliban.
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In Gaza, the trauma continues
Yasser Abu Jamei, 15 May 2023
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Last Tuesday Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, the first of which killed three members of Islamic Jihad and nine civilians. An Egypt-mediated ceasefire came (...)
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US sanctions and the theatre of humanitarian concern
Joy Gordon, 19 April 2023
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As US sanctions have expanded their reach — on over three dozen countries, and thousands of individuals — criticism of their humanitarian impact has grown. The US has often justified (...)
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Migrant workers squeezed in Taiwan
Peter Bengtsen, 14 February 2023
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What are Walmart, L’Oreal, Bosch and Continental doing about debt bondage risks in Taiwanese supply chains?
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Afghanistan: enabling the Taliban
T. G.
, 2 February 2023
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Eighteen months after assuming control, not only has the Taliban cadre refused to honour basic tenets of human rights, they have shown little to no interest in formal (...)
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To our readers
LMD in English team, 30 January 2023
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Serge Halimi has stepped down as president and editorial director of Le Monde diplomatique at the end of January. He has been part of the paper’s editorial team since 1992 and (...)
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Is Venezuela back on its feet?
E. F.
, 20 January 2023
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Nicolás Maduro’s status as a pariah seems to be ending. Most of the Latin American governments that once called for his removal have been ousted by their (...)
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Nepal-China relationship hinges on Tibetans
Victoria Jones, 18 January 2023
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The CCP’s top priority in its relationship with Nepal remains centred around the control and repression of the nation’s Tibetan refugee community.
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As the post-Soviet order collapses, Armenia feels threatened
A. H.
, 25 October 2023
Weeks after the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region formally part of Azerbaijan, was emptied of its remaining 120,000 residents, Armenia is following Azerbaijan’s (...)
→
US sanctions on Venezuela: tool for democracy or siege tactic?
E. F.
, 13 September 2023
On 1 September, a group of US senators wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressing the lack of democratic guarantees for the coming primaries and 2024 presidential (...)
→
Decolonising development with Frantz Fanon
B. S.
, 11 September 2023
The great cultural theorist Stuart Hall called Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth ‘the bible of decolonisation’ as it encapsulated the urge for freedom across the colonial world (...)
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In Colombia, ‘the time has come to govern properly’
R. L.
, 11 July 2023
Colombia has a problem — not all of Colombia, but its elites. The country’s first leftwing president, Gustavo Petro, in office since 7 August 2022, actually intends to ‘implement the (...)
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Open page
Fighting ISIS: why soft power still matters
T. G.
Rather than short-lived military victories like the killing of al-Baghdadi, the West should focus on assistance to the region through upgraded soft-power strategies. The stunning (...)
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Election-meddling follies, 1945-2019
Tom Engelhardt
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TomDispatch, 21 May
In this country, reactions to the Mueller report have been all-American beyond belief. Let’s face it, when it comes to election meddling, it’s been me, me, me, 24/7 here. Yes, in (...)
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Ecuador’s crackdown on abortion is putting women in jail
Zoë Carpenter
For decades, abortion was considered a private matter. Now women who terminate pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.
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Traditions of the future
Astra Taylor
Pericles’s ancient definition of democracy, on providing for the many, not the few, strikes young people as refreshingly novel. The next step is expanding “the many” to account for (...)
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