Category: Peace and Security
Philippine groups form No to War network, call for permanent ceasefire and an end to genocide in Gaza. Quezon City, Philippines. 28 November 2023. Photo by Del Bañares/SENTRO
PHILIPPINE GROUPS FORM ANTI-WAR NETWORK — Call for Permanent Ceasefire, End to Genocide in Gaza
PRESS STATEMENT NO TO WAR 28 November 2023 Contact: Wilson Fortaleza 09452182693 PHILIPPINE...
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VIDEO: End the Siege of Gaza; Stop the Killing and Forced Displacement; Unconditional Ceasefire Now!
Forty-seven days since October 7, the brutal assault and siege on Gaza by Israel rages on today,...
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Imagine you’re a Palestinian youth
by Walden Bello An earlier version of this article was published on Rappler at the link here....
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1SAMBUBUNGAN Statement on the Designation of IPs as Terrorists
Indigenous Peoples are under attack. Again. Using the Anti-Terror Law, the all-powerful...
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From Partnership to Rivalry: China and the USA in the Early Twenty-First Century
by Walden Bello (These are the unpublished, uncorrected page proofs of this article that has been...
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[OPINION] Why is the war in Ukraine so intractable? (https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-why-war-ukraine-intractable)
Why is the War in Ukraine So intractable? A Perspective from the Global South
By Walden Bello* An earlier version of this article was published on Rappler at the link...
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) navigates Tokyo Bay on the way to Yokosuka Naval Base for a scheduled port visit. Yokusuka is the largest overseas U.S. naval installation in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ian Cotter)
The Perils of Semi-Sovereignty: Japan and the Philippines in the Grip of Geopolitical Rivalry
By Walden Bello* (This is a composite version of articles that originally appeared in MEER on...
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South China Sea seen from Manila Bay, the Philippines. Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg for Wikimedia Commons.
STORMY WEATHER AHEAD IN THE ASIA PACIFIC?
Walden Bello’s intervention in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum Assembly,...
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Event Summary: Online Webinar on the Impact of the War in Ukraine on Women Globally: Voices from the Global South
On September 8, 2022, Focus on the Global South co-organized a webinar on “The Impact of the...
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Bin Laden and Trump: Two Bookends to America’s Imperial Decline
What we can learn from the 20 years between the 9/11 attacks and the January 6 coup attempt. By...
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How to Lose a War: Focus on the Global South and the American Misadventure in Afghanistan, 2001-2021
by Walden Bello From the very beginning, in 2001, we in Focus on the Global South opposed the...
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Osama Bin Laden’s ghost and the multi-trilion-dollar cost of endless war
Twenty years of military quagmire of the Middle East has contributed to the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new center of global capital accumulation.
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