Iran Has Changed the Question. Washington Has No Answer

FOR more than three decades, the United States has treated Middle Eastern diplomacy as an exercise in writing the terms for others. Iran’s emerging regional strategy is challenging that privilege. The immediate evidence is emerging in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and Oman are negotiating an arrangement under which Tehran could oversee vessels entering the Gulf while Muscat manages outbound traffic.

Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties in Havana

FORTY-SIX parties participated in the 24th International Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties (IMCWP) that was held in Havana, Cuba from August 7- 9, 2026. Emilio Lopez, the Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of Cuba, presided over the sessions of the Working Group and the Plenary of the IMCWP. The Plenary adopted a joint declaration reaffirming solidarity with the people of Cuba who are resisting US imperialist aggression.

Made in India, Used Against Palestine

AMNESTY International’s new report, Made in India: The Supply of Weapons and Ammunition to Israel, tears away the diplomatic gauze with which the Narendra Modi government has covered its relationship with Israel. India continues to speak, now and then, of a two-state solution and humanitarian relief for Gaza. But beneath this thin vocabulary lies a dense traffic in gun parts, artillery shells, drone warheads, mortar launchers and components for armoured vehicles.

Washington’s Nuclear Double Standard in West Asia

ON July 22, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed what Washington calls a ‘peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement’. The agreement has been presented as a commercial arrangement that will help Saudi Arabia diversify its energy system while creating a vast new market for US-based nuclear companies. But its significance goes far beyond the construction of power stations.

Israel Loses Friends When an Ally Becomes a Liability

For decades, Israel’s greatest political asset was not its military strength, its nuclear arsenal, or the supposed sophistication of its intelligence services.

The Ceasefire Is Not Dead: Trump’s War, Iran’s Resistance, and the Return to Negotiations

WHEN US president Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire with Iran was over and ordered a new round of attacks, he attempted to present the resumption of violence as the inevitable consequence of Iranian misconduct. The reality was more complicated. The ceasefire had not been a peace agreement between two reconciled powers, but an armed truce between a United States determined to constrain Iran and an Iranian state determined to preserve its sovereignty, its nuclear energy rights, its missile capability, and its regional influence.

The Communist Party of China at 105: A Century of Revolution and Socialist Construction

On July 1, the Communist Party of China (CPC) marked the 105^th anniversary of its founding – a milestone that invites not only celebration but careful study. Few political organisations in modern history have exercised such a profound influence over the destiny of their own nation while simultaneously reshaping the wider international balance of forces.

When the Children Become the Target

ON June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a UN investigative body on the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Ceasefire but Not a Grand Bargain Between the US and Iran

THE Iran–US Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) emerged not from reconciliation, but from exhaustion and strategic failure by the United States and its allies. It was the product of a war that had reached its political limits. Washington and Tel Aviv presented their illegal war of aggression as a necessary response to Iran’s nuclear energy programme, missile capabilities, and regional alliances.

The Land Is Not for Sale: From Albania to Great Nicobar

On the southern coast of Albania, where the Adriatic and Ionian worlds meet, the landscape unfolds with an almost impossible beauty. The Narta Lagoon glimmers beneath the Mediterranean sun. Flamingos move through the shallow waters, their reflections trembling in the wind. Pine forests bend toward the sea. Nearby, the island of Sazan rises from the water, a rugged outcrop of limestone cliffs and hidden coves, long protected by its history as a military zone. For generations, these landscapes belonged not only to the Albanian state but to the imagination of the Albanian people.

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