The Great Reconfiguration of Global Supply Chains
Read: With US Investors Fleeing Latin America, China Steps In
Competition over semiconductor and chips industry
At the heart of the technology competition is the semiconductor and chip industry.
What the Return of Mercenaries Means for the World Politics
military although most came from Latin America.
Vaccine Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Bargaining
Read: Israel's Vaccine Diplomacy Extends to Latin AmericaVaccine diplomacy is neither the expression of altruism nor of naiveté by a nation state or the companies associated with them.
Dictatorship Legacy and Neoliberal Profit Are the Common Grounds for Brazil and Chile
The US perceived Brazil under dictatorship rule as a strategic partner for the US in Latin America, to “try and prevent new Allendes and Castros and try where possible to reverse these trends.
China-Iran Treaty: Hydrocarbons Bring the Old Friends Closer
Read: With US Investors Fleeing Latin America, China Steps InAnd on March 28 2021, Iran finally formalized its Eastern orientation by inking the long-awaited 25-year strategic cooperation pact.
The Ethnically Diverse Biden Administration Makes White Supremacists Angry
Mitch McConnell, Republican senator from Kentucky, stated that Alejandro Mayorkas is considered an ethnicity-oriented partisan lawyer with no respect to the state codes and rules regulating the overall conducts of lawyers.
Radicalization and Religion: How It Happens?
Read: The Rise of Evangelicals in Latin America: What Would Jesus Do?In other words, the social and political visibility of religion is not caused by an increase in personal beliefs or religiosity.
The Illegal US Blockade on Cuba Hinders the Island’s Economic Development
Read: The Andean Condor Proudly Flies While the US Intervenes in Latin AmericaMeanwhile, Cuba continued expanding its education and healthcare programs, distinguishing itself in the region, as even the World Bank acknowledged in 2014.
Can A Third Political Party Bring Change in US Foreign Policy?
The two-party system has effectively portioned out Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" world view, with much of the Republican party, at least selectively, treating Latinos and Muslims as a menace while the Democratic party has gone to great lengths to demonize Russia/Orthodoxy in recent years.
Capitol Hill Attack Is the Logical Endgame of Trumpism
And the same PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that 8 percent of people approved of the attack, translating into an astonishing 26 million people, most of whom are presumably heavily armed and who would presumably be ready to march with Trump to his fascist endgame.
Will Biden Upend the Controversial US-UAE Arms Deal?
In October, Biden-the-candidate vowed to “reassess our relationship with the Kingdom , end US support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, and make sure America does not check its values at the door to sell arms or buy oil.
Can Diasporas Ease Tensions in International Politics?
These peoples include but are not limited to the Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian diasporas in South America, North America, and Europe; the Indian and Chinese diasporas in Malaysia; the Greek and Japanese diasporas in the United States; and the Turkish diaspora in Europe.
Jewish Americans Wanted Anything But Donald Trump
The majority of Jewish Americans are white and Ashkenazi, however, the Counting Inconsistencies study estimates that 12-15% are Jews of Color, Black, Latinx, or other.
Trump Lost But Trumpism Thrives
Despite everything over the past five years since Trump announced his candidacy--his mocking of people with disabilities; his virulent anti-Black and anti-Latino racism, xenophobia, misogyny, Islamophobia, and antisemitism; his praise of authoritarians and rejection of democratic allies; his obstruction of justice and his solicitation of foreign government intervention in his reelection effort; his bungled response to the coronavirus pandemic which has now infected more than 10 million people in the United States and killed more than 250,000; his congenital lying, pomposity, braggadocio, bullying, buffoonery, sloth, incompetence, and ignorance--despite all of this and so many other blatant disqualifications to be president, the most perturbing aspect of this election is that more than 71 million people witnessed all of this and decided they wanted more.
Why Irish and Palestinian Hunger Strikers Choose Self-Sacrifice
Such a commitment has its concrete demands relating to prison conditions, but it should also be understood as a metaphor encouraging a greater commitment by all of us, wherever situated, to the struggle that needs to be sustained until victory by those on the outside who are daily subjugated to the policies and practices of the oppressor state.
Slavery and Colonialism Go Deeper than Toppling Statues
It also raises other less discussed questions - people from the Middle-East, Turkey, and Latin America are usually categorized as 'people of color' even if ethno-genetically they may be part of Caucasian groupings (which is also fluid and less defined than is often presented).
The Drone Warfare Revolution Has Arrived
While drone proliferation in 21st-century warfare is inevitable, it is desirable to develop mutually-agreed-upon norms regulating their use in multi-national forums.
New Geopolitics in a Post-Coronavirus World
, Latin America, EU countries, Russia, Brazil, Turkey and many others at the same rapid speed that it spread in China, countries are having an extremely difficult time in dealing with the fallout.
Regional Vulnerabilities Sharpen in the Aftermath of the US-Iran Escalation
Iranian actions escalating the situation in Persian Gulf and beyond are as follows:
13 June 2019, two oil tankers were hit in the Oman Sea (possibly by Shiite militias)
20 June 2019, the Iranian Air Force shot down a US Global Hawk Drone
20 July 2019, Iran seized a British oil tanker
14 September 2019, ARAMCO oil facilities were hit in Saudi Arabia (by Shiite Houthis)
27 December 2019, the US military base in Kirkuk (K1) was hit by rocket attack (possibly by Shiite militias)
29 December 2019, Shiite demonstrators attempted to seize US Embassy in Baghdad.
When Lies Become Truths: How Trump’s Rhetoric is Reshaping America for the Worse
Trump mentioned his electoral victories where Latin American people live.
