Reaping the Whirlwind: Kerry, al-Nusra, Russia and Syria
By Gary Leupp
On 2017, the UNSC will convene for the resolution of the Syrian conflict with the aim of saving Syria and its people...
Calling Both Clinton and Trump Unpopular and Untrustworthy is Seriously Misleading
By Neil H. Buchanan
Polling results do not demonstrate that Clinton and Trump are nearly equally reviled, notwithstanding the ubiquitous media narrative. To say that...
Latin America’s Challenge: More and Better Saving for Development
By Eduardo Cavallo and Tomás Serebrisky
The Latin American and Caribbean region is trapped in a vicious cycle of low savings and poor use of...
Russia’s Red Line
From the Editors
The United States air force attacked the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops last month killing 62 soldiers. The attack continued for nearly...
Blinded by Nostalgia
By Yuval Levin
Recourse to a glorious past is of course nothing new in political rhetoric. And Americans suggest that a return to that state...
The First Presidential Debate and Its Aftermath
by Jack Rasmus
A week ago, on Monday, September 26, the 1st Presidential debate was held. 84 million watched the two most disliked candidates in...
Social Wealth Funds: A Key Ingredient of a New Alternative Economic Strategy
By Stewart Lansley
Tackling growing inequality will not succeed without fundamental reform of the current model of corporate capitalism and the “de-concentration” of capital ownership....
Rio 2016 and the (Broken) Promises of the Olympic Games
By Simon Darnell and Rob Millington
The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were to catalyse and signify Brazil’s final transition into a modern, developed...
What does the EU Stand for: Globalisation or Universalism?
By William Hawes
The EU now stands for globalisation and all its discontents. The dreary, neoliberal perspective of leaders must be replaced for Europe to...
Assad’s Death Warrant
By Mike Whitney
The conflict in Syria is not a war in the conventional sense of the word. It is a regime change operation where...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
