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MEDEA BENJAMIN
"I just want to say there was immense love in that room," President Trump declared as he closed the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara.
But anyone who looked beyond the carefully orchestrated photo ops saw an alliance riddled with public disputes, conflicting views on security, and ever-widening political divisions.
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XULIO RIOS
In the West, there is a widely shared understanding of the significance of Nazism and its consequences for Europe and the world. However, a similar understanding cannot be said to exist regarding Japanese militarism, which plunged Asia and the Pacific into one of the most destructive wars of the 20th century.
EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli prisons between October 7, 2023 and January 2026 has risen to 84, an alarming figure that is difficult to explain without considering the torture and systematic abuses committed by prison guards and Shin Bet agents against prisoners, a situation that Palestinians continually denounce without anyone listening to them.
In that regard, the fact that Israeli authorities have completely banned visits to prisons by employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross further exacerbates the prisoners' defenseless situation.
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PASCUAL SERRANO
The prevailing view among the Spanish population, undoubtedly influenced by the monotonous discourse of the media and political leaders, is that China is an undesirable dictatorship from which we should take no note or example. However, I believe it can be a valuable exercise in humility and learning to observe how they address issues that remain a serious problem here.
I'm going to review some current issues that are generating controversy in our country, for which we need solutions, and then we'll see how they are being dealt with in China.
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XULIO RIOS
In China, the balance sheet for 2025 points to a year marked by the realization of the difficulty of the challenges to be faced as well as by the depth of the change implemented in substantial areas, especially, underpinning the rapid qualitative modernization of its industrial fabric.
The economy, with that growth target of around 5 percent within reach (5,2 percent in the first three quarters), has confirmed that the goal of achieving high-quality development is irreversible.
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PASCUAL SERRANO
The emerging reports about the "human safaris" in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War point to Jovica Stanisic as "the Serbian officer in charge of organizing the trips for the wealthy snipers." In fact, the investigation by the Milanese judiciary identifies Stanisic as the coordinator of these trips under the guise of "hunting excursions."
But who exactly is Jovica Stanisic?
ISAIAS BARREÑADA
On October 31, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Western Sahara (S/RES/2797) which, as with previous resolutions, extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for one year and outlined a series of guidelines for resolving the conflict. The difference from previous resolutions is that it gave greater prominence to Morocco's proposal for autonomy in the territory.
PASCUAL SERRANO
The Israeli government has hired a conservative startup, Clock Tower X LLC, to create multimedia content that skews social media and AI algorithms in its favor. This was revealed by the Responsible Statecraft website of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a Washington-based think tank dedicated to military-restraint foreign policy with close ties to the business world.
The initial contract is for $6 million, with the goal of placing 80% of Clock Tower's content on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, podcasts, and other relevant digital and broadcast media, with a minimum target of 50 million views per month.
EMMANUEL TODD
Less than two years after the French publication of The Defeat of the West, in January 2024, the book's main predictions have come true. Russia has withstood the military and economic impact. The US military industry is exhausted. European economies and societies are on the verge of implosion. Even before the Ukrainian army collapses, the next stage of the West's disintegration has been reached.
PASCUAL SERRANO
A study by the prestigious scientific journal The Lancet has calculated the mortality rate caused by the sanctions imposed by the US, the EU, and the UN. The data is chilling. Unilateral sanctions during the period 2012-2021 caused 564.258 deaths each year. And if we go back to the unilateral sanctions imposed by the US and the EU since 1970, they are associated with a total of 38 million deaths.
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PASCUAL SERRANO
The avalanche of fake news, hoaxes, and falsehoods dominating the media and social media landscape has triggered the launch of so-called fact-checking agencies. Since most are located in Western countries, their work seems focused on exposing lies beyond the United States and Europe, rather than monitoring the major Western media outlets and their governments, which are the main sources of information.
JUAN TORRES
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, have just staged a truly shameless piece of theater.
As he has done with other countries, Donald Trump has not sought a good trade agreement with the European Union that benefits the US economy, as he insists. And von der Leyen's concessions have not been on tariffs to avoid the greater evils of an escalating trade war, as European leaders claim. The issue lies elsewhere.
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