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Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He currently lectures at RMIT University. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). Email: [email protected]
[Author’s Note: The article below, first published by GR in April 2022, focuses mostly on the German attack on the Soviet Union. In spite of not having a superiority over the Soviets in either manpower or military hardware, the Germans would advance far into the western USSR during the early 1940s. The Soviet city of Kharkov, in north-eastern Ukraine, was especially hard-fought over, experiencing a succession of large battles in the Nazi-Soviet War. I’ve mentioned what would prove to be Hitler’s unsuccessful attempt during the year 1943 to retake Kharkov from the Red Army, after they had forced the Germans to depart from Kharkov for the last time in the late summer of 1943. Yet in a broader context, historian Chris Bellamy noted that the amount of effort put in by the Soviets in overcoming the unparalleled ferocity of the German invasion was a leading factor behind the USSR’s dissolution almost half a century later. —Shane Quinn, February 25, 2026]
[This article by the late Dr. Joseph H. Chung, CRG Research Associate, was first published by GR in April 2021.]
We are witnessing the fourth Cross-Strait Crises. Chinese and American armed forces are undertaking dangerous, spectacular and threatening show of military might.
[In anticipation of the US-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva, we are reposting this article first published by GR in November 2017.]
The second to last paragraph in this well argued and balanced piece states: “Iran could do more to bring down regional anxieties about its missiles – notably by erasing the provocative slogans ‘Death to Israel’ written on them.
When Global Research was born in September 2001, we were convinced that “Freedom of Expression” and “The Battle of Ideas” would contribute to reversing the tide of war, while also restoring the foundations of social democracy.
Our hope and belief was that “the Big Lie” would one day be crushed by the undeniable weight of the Truth.
On February 25, 2026, the Philippines marks the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Uprising, the four-day mobilization from February 22 to 25, 1986, that forced the strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr. from Malacañang and installed Corazon Aquino in his stead. The event, now canonized in textbooks and commemorations, is frequently invoked as a triumph of democratic will and thus interpreted as proof that unarmed citizens can bend the arc of history.
Nos últimos dias, o México tem sido notícia em todo o mundo devido ao aumento da violência interna no país. Após o governo local lançar uma ofensiva contra o narcotráfico e eliminar um importante líder do crime organizado, o principal cartel de drogas do país iniciou uma série de ataques contra as forças estatais, matando vários soldados e civis, destruindo equipamentos militares e infraestrutura.
As part of the strategic rivalry with China, the United States is now counting on Cambodia to expand its influence in Southeast Asia. However, this comes as Russia and China also pivot towards Myanmar as a counterbalance to the US’s growing influence in the region.
The headlines are predictable by now. The United States restricts chip exports. Chinese labs release competitive models. Pundits declare who is “winning” the artificial intelligence race. The language borrows from sport and war: sprints, breakthroughs and supremacy.
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The world sits on the edge of another global conflict.
