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Rise Of The New Decadents

Francis Fukuyama’s Fever Dream Thirty years ago an American Political Scientist named Francis Fukuyama declared, without irony, that history had come to an end.(1) He meant it figuratively of course, but he also wasn’t kidding around. He was quite serious.…

Heating Up: An Invisible Consequence of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion and ongoing war against Ukraine has led to a significant, and as yet unknown, number of deaths amidst a wider humanitarian catastrophe. With millions of people displaced from their homes, critical infrastructure destroyed, and a looming disaster at…

Social Media: The Socially Acceptable Addiction

The Internet is like a bottle of wine. With it, you can lift your mood, appear more confident than you really are – perhaps do things you wouldn’t normally. A key difference: we don’t let children consume alcohol. It makes…

NATO’s responsibility for the war in Ukraine: Clinton’s weak defence

In an interview broadcast on CNN on Sunday 18 September, former President Clinton defended himself against frequent accusations that the Ukrainian crisis was the responsibility of NATO’s expansion into Eastern Europe. It was under Clinton’s presidency that the Czech Republic,…

Peace Activists Hit the Streets From D.C. to San Francisco

On September 18, President Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin, “Don’t. Don’t. Don’t” use nuclear weapons in retaliation for severe battlefield losses in Ukraine. While Putin dismissed Biden’s worries as unfounded, the specter of nuclear armageddon drove U.S. antiwar activists…

Response to Bill Clinton

In response to recent statements by former US President Bill Clinton, in which he rejects criticism that blames NATO enlargement for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and adds that “When I did what I did, I offered Russia not only a…

The community of a shared future for humanity – Interview with Mr. Niu Qingbao, Chinese Ambassador to Chile (Part 2)

This is the second part of the interview we had with the Chinese Ambassador to Chile, whom we had the opportunity to consult on the concept that his country has been coining of a common destiny for all humanity. In…

Russia and China reject US behaviour

As a new consultation meeting on security issues is being prepared for tomorrow (19 September) in Beijing, which will be attended by senior Chinese and Russian officials, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that various types of provocative actions originating…

“Impasse” with Israel and crimes in Palestine: Broad and transversal support for President Boric’s decision

Different political sectors, as well as citizens, supported the Chilean President. One of them, Senator Daniel Núñez (PC), said that “what is ‘serious’ and ‘disconcerting’ is that while Israel implements a policy of extermination of the Palestinians, its foreign ministry…

2 October, from Gandhi to Lula

On October 2, the Brazilian people have before them a challenge with enormous implications. On that day the population will decide a large part of its immediate future at the ballot box, electing in the executive branch those who will…

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