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Jul 02 2026 
Building a New Development Theory from the Global South
3 – Silk Road Manufacturing: An Alternative Path to Globalisation
Since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed in 2013, China’s manufacturing sector has explored international markets and integrated into the global economic cycle. Concurrently, industrialised countries like the United States have sought to maintain their economic dominance by leveraging technological hegemony, control over upstream… Continue reading
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Jul 01 2026 
Building a New Development Theory from the Global South
2 – China and the Electrification of the Global South: The Case of Pakistan
In May 2025, Pakistan and India experienced one of the most intense regional conflicts of this century.1 India responded by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which had been in effect for 65 years. The IWT was signed in 1960, after nine… Continue reading
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Jun 30 2026 
Building a New Development Theory from the Global South
1 – Constructing a New Development Theory from the Global South
The neoliberal order has failed to deliver prosperity to the Global South. To achieve economic catch-up, a new theory of modernisation is needed, centred on state-led industrialisation, production, and employment.
Development theories not only explain human economic activities but also shape them by influencing public expectations… Continue reading -
Jun 29 2026 
Building a New Development Theory from the Global South
Introduction – The Praxis of Development in the Global South
As neoliberalism loses credibility, the Global South must construct a new development theory rooted in its own experience, centred on production and state capacity rather than market fundamentalism. This article is an introduction to a series of four articles discussing aspects of “Building a New Development… Continue reading -
Jun 28 2026 
Rails of power: Inside the race to redraw West Asia’s trade map
The Cradle
As chokepoints come under strain, the Hejaz Railway and Development Road are driving a new challenge to US-backed corridors.
Global trade runs through a few narrow chokepoints – Hormuz, Suez, Bab al-Mandab. When they come under pressure, the shock travels far. War has brought that into focus. Now the shift is toward land routes.At the center… Continue reading
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Jun 23 2026 
China ready to work with BRICS members to tackle pressing global challenges: top diplomat
Global Times
Faced with profound and complex shifts in the international landscape, China stands ready to work with other BRICS members to jointly tackle the pressing challenges confronting humanity and stay firmly on the right course of world historical development, the country’s top diplomat Wang Yi said.
Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist… Continue reading
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Jun 23 2026 
Israeli troops deployed to Somaliland in covert mission: Report
The Cradle
Officials in Tel Aviv acknowledged years of ‘under-the-radar’ operations with Somaliland as strategic military ties move into the open
Israel secretly deployed a small contingent of forces to Somaliland earlier this year following its recognition of the breakaway territory, a senior Somali government official revealed to Middle East Eye (MEE) on 22 June.“According to our… Continue reading
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Jun 23 2026 
Revolving Door in Britain and the Crisis of Governance in the West
Pan-African News Wire
By Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire. Monday June 22, 2026.
The resignation of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will result in the seventh leader in the United Kingdom in a decade as the working class faces worsening socioeconomic conditions amid a growth in far-right electoral successes and racist violence in the streets.
After months… Continue reading
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Jun 23 2026 
Explosive UN findings: ‘Israel’ deliberately targeted Gaza children
Palestinian mother mourns her toddler killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, on October 1, 2024 (AP)
Al MayadeenThe UN commission documents at least 20,179 children killed between October 7, 2023, and October 7, 2025, representing around 30% of the overall death toll.
An independent United Nations inquiry has… Continue reading
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Jun 23 2026 
The Climate Scenario That Changed the World – And Is Now Being Quietly Dropped
Mark Gerard Keenan
For more than a decade, one climate scenario exercised extraordinary influence over public policy, media reporting, corporate planning, and public consciousness.
Most people never heard of it. It was known simply as RCP 8.5.
Yet behind countless headlines predicting climate catastrophe, behind many of the studies cited by activists and politicians, and behind much of… Continue reading
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Jun 21 2026 
East Asia’s Double Bind: Contradictions and Possibilities in the New Cold War
Caught between US military dependence and deep economic integration with China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan face mounting contradictions as the New Cold War reshapes East Asia.
Note: The images in this dossier, edited by Tricontinental’s art department, highlight the work of Kinjo Minoru, an Okinawan sculptor who honours the generations that have resisted… Continue reading -
Jun 20 2026 
NATO, Militarization, and Turkey
Strategic Culture
The responsibility of anti-imperialist forces today is not only to expose NATO’s military strategy, but also to build a political alternative against the poverty, insecurity, and political decay imposed on societies by this strategy.
The world today stands upon multiple fronts of war and “frozen” lines of tension. Although these conflicts and crises occasionally become… Continue reading -
Jun 20 2026 
Why Iran defeated the US and ‘Israel’
Although “Isreal” has continually had a laser-sharp focus on its goals, the US never had a clear view of why it was fighting (Illustrated by Zeinab Al-Hajj; Al Mayadeen English)
Al Mayadeen
If we fail to recognize the resolve and steadfastness of the Iranian people, we miss the chance to envision the future demise of a world… Continue reading -
Jun 20 2026 
Remembering a modern thought hero
Strategic Culture Stephen Karganovic
Dr. Reiner Fuellmich is rotting in a German dungeon, in the European garden where human rights and freedom to speak truth to power without fear of punishment are said to be paramount values.
Technically, the subject of these lines, German-American lawyer Dr. Reiner Fuellmich, if we were to… Continue reading
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