·It’s been 17 days since Hamas launched its horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens, including defenseless women, children and the elderly. In the aftermath of such unspeakable brutality, the U.S. government and the American people have shared in the grief of families, prayed for the return of loved ones, and rightly declared solidarity with the Israeli people.
Continue reading Barack Obama: Thoughts on Israel and Gaza
AJ+ – 22-5-2021
Israeli occupation of Palestine tends to be a touchy subject for news media, so much so that they break journalistic standards and writing etiquette just to avoid implicating one party over another — which still seems to end up working out in Israel’s favor and never Palestine’s. That’s led to a media environment that can’t clearly call out the ethnic cleansing and apartheid inflicted upon Palestinians, doesn’t point to context when talking about the results of decades-long oppression and displacement, and can’t help but equivocate about two disproportionately affected populations. But maybe that’s starting to change.
Sana Saeed looks at what U.S. media coverage has gotten wrong about recent events in Gaza, Sheikh Jarrah and occupied Palestine, and offers her own media critique.
Al Jazeera English – 19-10- 2023
What’s happening with civilians in Gaza? Why is it so complicated to open Egypt’s border for aid? And where’s this all going? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann answers three big questions on the Israel-Gaza war.
00:55 – What will happen to civilians in Gaza?
01:16 – Israel’s air assault on Gaza
01:56 – Israel’s total blockade on Gaza
02:34 – Half of Gaza’s population has been displaced
02:43 – Why people moved from the north to the south of Gaza
03:58 – Why can’t Egypt send supplies or open the Rafah crossing?
04:06 – The relationship between Egypt and Israel
04:51 – Egypt and Israel say some aid can now cross through Rafah
05:25 – The situation for Palestinian dual nationals in Gaza
06:06 – Why Egypt and Jordan don’t want to take any Palestinian refugees
07:30 – Where’s the Israel-Gaza war going? How will it end?
09:33 – Is Israel’s aim to wipe out Hamas actually possible?
This episode features:
Youmna ElSayed – Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza
Rami Khouri – American University of Beirut
Elijah Magnier – military analyst
Laila El-Haddad – Palestinian journalist & author
China’s Belt And Road Initiative: 10 Years Of Evolution And Beyond | Insight | Full Episode
CNA Insider – 12 thg 9, 2023
It is the 10th year of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). From Central and Southeast Asia to the Middle East and Africa, how has China’s mega infrastructure project changed the world? In this retrospective on the 10th anniversary of the BRI, Insight looks at the developments in Asia and Africa that have sprung from China’s marquee project. From growing trade links to environmental impacts to political influence, the BRI has undeniably changed the region. But with growing economic headwinds and a flagging Chinese economy, will Beijing continue to invest in the BRI? What will the next decade bring?
0:00 Introduction
01:10 Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia
07:55 How the war in Ukraine is shaping the BRI
12:13 Growing China-ASEAN trade
13:57 How the BRI increased durian exports from Thailand to China
17:54 Dams: Good for energy generation, bad for food supply?
26:28 China’s growing influence in the Middle East
31:21 Why China is investing so much in Africa
35:34 Debt trap diplomacy?
38:40 Rise in non-performing loans on the Belt and Road
40:16 A shift in strategy for the BRI?
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Israeli soldiers inspect the site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, Friday. Oct. 13, 2023. At least 260 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the attack by Hamas gunmen last Saturday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Read More
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Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Friday, Oct.13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Read More
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Palestinians evacuate wounded people after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)Read More
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Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike at Al Shati Refugee Camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)Read More
BY MIKE CORDER AND JULIA FRANKEL APnews
Updated 3:14 AM GMT+7, October 14, 2023
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law.
Continue reading Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight
From CNN’s Caitlin Danaher in London
The United Nations has “unequivocally condemned” attacks on civilians in Israel and Gaza, and also Israel’s “further tightening of the unlawful blockade,” in a statement released Thursday.
The killings and hostage-taking by Hamas “constitute heinous violations of international law and international crimes, for which there must be urgent accountability,” the statement read.
There is no justification for such violence in Israel or Gaza, the statement said.
The UN also focused on the plight of Palestinians in Gaza.
“We also strongly condemn Israel’s indiscriminate military attacks against the already exhausted Palestinian people of Gaza, comprising over 2.3 million people, nearly half of whom are children. They have lived under unlawful blockade for 16 years, and already gone through five major brutal wars, which remain unaccounted for,” they said. “This amounts to collective punishment.”
The experts also warned the withholding of essential supplies, such as food, water and medicine, will “precipitate a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where its population is now at inescapable risk of starvation.” They called for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to allow people to leave Gaza.
The UN urged the international community to “address the root causes of the current conflict, including the 56-year-old occupation and the annexation pursued by Israel.”
BY JOSEPH KRAUSSUpdated 1:56 AM GMT+7, October 12, 2023Share
JERUSALEM (AP) — In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule — and it has made steady progress despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict.
But its stunning incursion into Israel over the weekend marks its deadliest gambit yet, and the already unprecedented response from Israel threatens to bring an end to its 16-year rule over the Gaza Strip.
Continue reading What was Hamas thinking? For over three decades, it has had the same brutal idea of victoryWe stand by Israel
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Note taken from wiki:
Developed countries or territories (IMF) (blue)
Developing countries or territories (IMF) (yellow)
Least developed countries (UN) (red)
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World map showing country classifications per the IMF[1] and the UN[2] (last updated April 2023). The countries in light blue form the “Global North”, the rest are mostly categorized as belonging to the “Global South”, with few exceptions under some listings.
The concept of Global North and Global South (or North–South divide in a global context) is used to describe a grouping of countries along the lines of socio-economic and political characteristics. The Global South is a term that broadly comprises countries in the regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia (without Israel, Japan, and South Korea), and Oceania (without Australia and New Zealand), according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).[3][4][a] Most of the countries in the Global South are characterized by low income, dense population, poor infrastructure, and often political or cultural marginalization.[5] The Global South forms one side of the divide; on the other is the Global North (broadly comprising Northern America and Europe, Israel, Japan and South Korea, as well as Australia and New Zealand, according to the UNCTAD).[3][4][a] As such, the terms Global North and Global South do not refer to the cardinal directions of north and south as many of the Global South countries are geographically located in the Northern Hemisphere.
Published: September 28, 2023 2.54pm BST The Conversation
Sept. 25, 2023 6:06 pm ETS, WSJ
The most important fact in world politics is that 19 months after Vladimir Putin challenged the so-called rules-based international order head-on by invading Ukraine, the defense of that order is not going well. The world is less stable today than in February 2022, the enemies of the order hammer away, the institutional foundations of the order look increasingly shaky, and Western leaders don’t yet seem to grasp the immensity of the task before them.
Continue reading The rules-based international order is quietly disintegrating
September 21, 2023 Topic: Authoritarianism Region: Eurasia Tags: AuthoritarianismDemocracyRussiaChinaCold WarGreat Power Competition
Across much of the world, the ideas of a democratic liberal political order, of multilateral international collaboration, and of liberal free-market capitalism are now in retreat.
by Azeem Ibrahim Follow Azeem Ibrahim on TwitterL , nationalinterest.org
The world is in turmoil. Only thirty years after the fall of the USSR and the collapse of its proxy network in Eastern Europe, a land war is being fought in Europe between a democracy and a dictatorship.
When the Cold War ended, we could have scarcely imagined that in just three decades we would be where we are now. We know now that the collapse of the USSR in 1991 did not bring about “the end of history” as prophesied. Instead, it bred complacency among the leaders of the Western democracies, great complacency which has sowed the seeds for the current global anti-democratic reckoning.
Continue reading The Threat of an Authoritarian Century
Shanna Khayat
Communications and Outreach Manager
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August 22, 2023
This PacNet was developed as a part of the United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Next-Generation Leaders Dialogue to encourage creative thinking about how this vital partnership can be fostered. For the previous entries please click here, here, and here.
In April 2022, the United States launched its “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” It asserts that human rights and democratic values must remain central to future technological development, innovation, and investment. Along with Japan, South Korea, and 58 other signatories, the United States argued that universal values should be embedded and enhanced at every stage of technological design, implementation, and diffusion. It’s time for the United States and its allies to match words with actions and ensure that developing countries have access to the resources they need to make that future a global reality.
Continue reading The developing world needs an alternative to Chinese tech
Shanna Khayat
Communications and Outreach Manager
(808) 852-2595
August 17, 2023
This PacNet was developed as a part of the United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Next-Generation Leaders Dialogue to encourage creative thinking about how this vital partnership can be fostered. For previous entries please click here and here.
The AUKUS security agreement, cemented between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom in September 2021, enhances regional partnership in the Indo-Pacific by facilitating technology sharing, strengthened supply chains, and the acquisition of nuclear powered, conventionally armed submarines for Australia. The pact also creates a pathway to establish engagements focused on renewing, strengthening, and expanding military cooperation between AUKUS, South Korea, and Japan.
Continue reading An AUKUS-Japan-ROK framework for the Indo-Pacific
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