United States

Donald Trump caricature by Donkey Hotey CC-BY-2.0

The meaning of Trumpism for Mexico and the world

Manuel Aguilar Mora — Trump proclaimed that his MAGA movement was the beginning of a new US. But where is this new US going?
Donald Trump

Boris Kagarlitsky: Trump’s uncertain foreign policy

Boris Kagarlitsky — No one quite knows what to expect of Donald Trump’s presidency. Which is only natural, as he himself does not know.
SDF and Free Syria flag

The revolution in North and East Syria after the fall of Assad

Chris Slee looks at the history and prospects for the revolution in north and east Syria, also known as the Rojava revolution.
Southeast Asian Sea

Asserting a Philippine foreign policy of cooperative peace for the Southeast Asian Sea

Rasti Delizo — The geostrategic rivalry between the US and China sharply rages on throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, impinging on the littoral states around the Southeast Asian Sea.
Paul Le Blanc and Shi Yongqin

On the history of leftist studies in China and the United States: A conversation between Shi Yongqin and Paul Le Blanc

Shi Yongqin and Paul Le Blanc engage in a US-Sino dialogue on how the complex historic contexts of the United States, Soviet Union and China shaped developments in the 20th century and beyond.
Trump and Modi

Disaster nationalism is the new fascism

Richard Seymour on how crisis and catastrophe are feeding the far-right surge.
Supporters of incumbent Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi celebrate in Cairo after his most recent landslide electoral victory, 18 December 2023.

Egypt: Sisi’s weakness makes him more brutal

Robert Springborg on how the Egyptian dictator secures his violent rule.
Douma, Syria

Syria after Assad: Hope and uncertainty

Bulent Gokay & Vassilis K. Fouskas — Amid the significant and rapid transformation unfolding in Syria, two sub-imperial powers, Israel and Turkey, are seeking to redesign the region.
Rashid Khalidi

Rashid Khalidi: ‘Israel has created a nightmare scenario for itself. The clock is ticking’

Rashid Khalidi argues the present war is not the “Israeli September 11”. Instead, the only way to understand it is within the context of the war that Israel has been waging against Palestine for the past century.
Trump Vance rally

US socialists: ‘Trump’s election shows the far right has been better at capitalising on these times of crisis than the left’

Cyn Huang and Daniil Sapunkov discuss the US presidential election result and what it likely impacts on politics at home and abroad.
Resisting authoritarian populism

Resisting authoritarian populism: Trump’s victory and the tasks of the Left

Ashley Smith — The Left, social movements, and unions cannot rely on the Democrats, who are responsible for Trump’s victory. Rather, it needs to build an independent resistance committed to fighting for our own demands.
Free Syria flag

Gilbert Achcar: What is happening in Syria? (Plus Leila al-Shami: ‘Our dream of an Assad-free Syria has returned with Aleppo rebel advance’)

Gilbert Achcar writes that after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war. But while the future is murky at best, Leila al-Shami says Syrians can hope again.

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