ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
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In June 2024, Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general and national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, presented a plan he co-authored with the former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz that proposed halting the delivery of U.S. weapons to Ukraine if Kyiv didn’t enter into peace talks with Moscow—but also warning Moscow that if it …
For two decades, hawkish voices in Washington have called for the United States to attack Iran’s nuclear program. And for two decades their calls have been rejected. That is because for most of that time, the argument against military action was compelling and straightforward. Iran’s nuclear capabilities were immature. The international community was united on …
South Korea has long relied on the United States to keep the North Korean nuclear threat at bay. Pyongyang began taking fitful steps toward a nuclear weapon during the Cold War, tested its first bomb in 2006, and today regularly issues nuclear threats against its southern neighbor. Seoul, meanwhile, shelters under the American nuclear umbrella …
ICJ Hearings : South Africa presents its case against Israel. Watch the Video
The perpetrators Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary — both armed by foreign powers — have spent almost two years at war, and their battle has laid waste to the country. Many tens of thousands of civilians have been killed. Close to 12 million people have been displaced. There is famine. The U.S. and the …
The X owner’s commitment to free speech absolutism contributed to a whirlwind of false reporting around the perpetrator’s identity. Why does he seem to care so little about the truth? Protests turned violent outside Downing Street. Image: Vuk Valcic / Alamy Stock Photo It’s unlikely that Elon Musk has ever heard of Southport, far less …
After Wounded Knee, before My Lai, the US Army slaughtered over a thousand men, women and children in the PhilippinesHow can a nation perpetrate atrocities yet retain the conceit that it is acting as a force for good in the world? This is the “simple question” that Kim Wagner, professor of global and imperial history …
Fukuyama, in defining the state using Max Weber’s definition, still believes that the government’s function is providing order, as Thomas Hobbes did. Yes, maintaining order is one of the government’s functions, but what they do not get right is that it is a secondary, not a primary function. The government’s primary function is enabling society …
After getting walloped in the years after the Great Recession, US state and local employee public pension funds are slowly climbing their way back to healthy funding levels. Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) – After getting walloped in the years after the Great Recession, US state and local employee public pension funds are slowly climbing their …