The thousands of highly motivated foreign fighters at all ranks of the fighting forces that control Syria’s Idlib enclave pose a particular challenge to policymakers worldwide trying to deal with the bitter fighting in the enclave and the humanitarian crisis that has resulted from it.
Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ is a flawed, ahistorical plan with major health consequences
The Trump administration plan for Israel/Palestine, ironically titled “Peace to Prosperity: a vision to improve the lives of the Palestinian and Israeli people,” is a flawed, ahistorical document that is basically a gift to the Israeli government, affirming and giving international blessings to much of the status quo.
Julian Assange and Latin America
In mid-January, I went to London England to research what is happening with Julian Assange. We could not visit him. He is in Belmarsh Maximum Security prison and even his lawyers could only see him for two hours over the entire previous month.
Weaponizing Lawfare in The Philippines
I salute those who have convened and are participating in this International Forum on Lawfare, and wish that I could have been with you in person to share this experience directly rather than addressing you from a distance.
Cobban writes more on Syria, its dilemmas & its (mis)representation
Our President, Helena Cobban, has been writing a lot about Syria recently– primarily at her personal “Just World News” blog, though many of her articles have been crossposted in full …
Meeting Ayatollah Khomeini 41 Years Ago
by Richard Falk This piece is crossposted from Global Justice in the 21st Century, the blog of JWE Board Member Richard Falk. [Prefatory Note: In February 1979, along with two others, I …
Syria and “Transitional Justice”
by Helena Cobban This piece is crossposted from the Just World News blog of JWE President Helena Cobban. Almost from the beginning of the US-supported regime-change project in Syria, US policymakers have …
60th anniversary of 1st French nuclear test in Algeria
Sixty years ago today, the French military launched its first nuclear test in Reggane, in the south of Algeria– at a time when the French government still considered that the …
Pilger, Burchett and Assange: Three Extraordinary Australian Journalists That Spoke Truth to Power
by Rick Sterling This piece, by JWE Board Member Rick Sterling, is crossposted from Mint Press News. Australia has produced extraordinary journalists across three generations: Wilfred Burchett (deceased in 1983), …
A Beautiful but Deceptive Documentary: “For Sama”
by Rick Sterling This piece, by JWE Board Member, Rick Sterling, is crossposted from the American Herald Tribune. The documentary movie “For Sama” has won a host of awards in Europe and …