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The Ongoing Catastrophe of Sudan’s Civil War The Ongoing Catastrophe of Sudan’s Civil War

On this episode of American Prestige, Khalid Medani on the state of play in Sudan’s civil war.

American Prestige / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

Letters From the November 2024 Issue Letters From the November 2024 Issue

No mention of genocide… Developer talk…

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We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making

What today’s conflicts are doing to the children trapped by them.

Nick Turse

World Leaders

Ukrainian firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a drone attack on industrial facilities in Kharkiv on May 4, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine: Compromise or Collapse Ukraine: Compromise or Collapse

The news from Ukraine’s front lines is grim.

Anatol Lieven

Officials attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024.

World News Roundup: BRICS Summit, IDF Assault on Lebanon, and an India-China Border Agreement World News Roundup: BRICS Summit, IDF Assault on Lebanon, and an India-China Border Agreement

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

American Prestige / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Terumi Tanaka, cochair of Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, speaks during a press conference on October 12, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize

The prize is a reminder that we must abolish and eliminate nuclear weapons.

Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Peter Kuznick

Africa

Displaced Sudanese children who have returned from Ethiopia gather amid tents fortified against heavy rain by sandbags, in a camp run by the United Nations Refugee Agency in Sudan's border town of Gallabat, on September 4, 2024.

The Ongoing Catastrophe of Sudan’s Civil War The Ongoing Catastrophe of Sudan’s Civil War

On this episode of American Prestige, Khalid Medani on the state of play in Sudan’s civil war.

American Prestige / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

A man carries an injured child, fleeing down a road in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making

What today’s conflicts are doing to the children trapped by them.

Nick Turse

Volunteers help distribute meal bags in Zambia during a severe drought.

Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways

Zambia is just one of several nations experiencing a new type of colonialism, this time with a green capitalist veneer.

Joshua Frank

Asia

The view from the Taipei 101 tower, 2020.

What No One Talks About When They Talk About Taiwan What No One Talks About When They Talk About Taiwan

In so many histories, writers so often ignore the social movements and underclass that helped define island nation’s destiny.

Books & the Arts / Brian Hioe

The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up

The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up

Bristling with armaments and seemingly strong, the current ad hoc Western coalition may yet prove, like NATO, vulnerable to sudden setbacks from rising partisan pressure…

Alfred McCoy

Terumi Tanaka, cochair of Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, speaks during a press conference on October 12, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize

The prize is a reminder that we must abolish and eliminate nuclear weapons.

Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Peter Kuznick

Latin America

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum at the Tauride Palace, July 11 2024, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War? Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War?

The group’s appeal is only growing since its recent expansion, but it must now deal with a world on the brink.

Sarang Shidore

Parents of missing students protest on September 26, 2024, in Mexico City.

AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared

On the 10th anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, victims’ families say the outgoing Mexican president has betrayed them.

Ann Louise Deslandes

The US vs. Social Democracy in Ecuador

The US vs. Social Democracy in Ecuador The US vs. Social Democracy in Ecuador

On this episode of American Prestige, Ryan Grim and Jose Olivares discuss the US’s interest in Ecuadorian politics.

American Prestige / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

Middle East

A man carries an injured child, fleeing down a road in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making

What today’s conflicts are doing to the children trapped by them.

Nick Turse

A black-and-white photo of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on TV, speaking at a microphone.

Who Is the Best Candidate to Support Our Democracy and Constitutional Right to Protest? Who Is the Best Candidate to Support Our Democracy and Constitutional Right to Protest?

If Kamala Harris is elected, we can continue to pressure her to end the war on Gaza. The other option for president, Donald Trump, is a threat to our right to protest.

Rev. Dr. Bernice King

Made in the USA?: Aftermath of an October 22 Israeli strike on the Jnah district of Beirut. According to rescue teams on the ground, this bombing killed at least 16 people—including two children.

Stop Sending American Bombs to Israel Stop Sending American Bombs to Israel

Halting offensive arms transfers now would put the administration on a new path—and align Harris with the majority of Democrats who support conditions on weapons aid to Israel.

Waleed Shahid for The Nation

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“Call of Duty”: Pentagon Ops

“Call of Duty”: Pentagon Ops “Call of Duty”: Pentagon Ops

Inside the weird synergies that launched the videogaming industry—and made the Pentagon fantasies in Call of Duty its stock in trade.

Oct 24, 2024 / Feature / Jesse Robertson

Women Are Leading the Resistance Against Executions in Iran

Women Are Leading the Resistance Against Executions in Iran Women Are Leading the Resistance Against Executions in Iran

Their prominence in the ongoing struggle for human rights has been met with fierce crackdowns by the state.

Oct 24, 2024 / Bahar Mirhosseni

US Army Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2021.

Everything Visible and Invisible About the War on Terror Everything Visible and Invisible About the War on Terror

A conversation with Richard Beck about his new book, Homeland, and the profound consequences of America’s wars abroad on our polarized politics and our fractured way of life.

Oct 23, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Grayson Scott

After winning the assembly election, supporters of the National Conference party celebrate on October 8, 2024, in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The Party Promising Kashmiri Statehood Wins an Election The Party Promising Kashmiri Statehood Wins an Election

In the first vote since India revoked the statehood status of Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference party emerged with the most seats in the Legislative Assembly.

Oct 22, 2024 / Fahad Shah

Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif.

“The Israeli Army Martyred My Father”: What Gaza’s Journalists Have Endured “The Israeli Army Martyred My Father”: What Gaza’s Journalists Have Endured

Three Palestinian journalists describe what it is like to report from the middle of a genocide.

Oct 22, 2024 / Ruwaida Kamal Amer

Palestinian man rescued by other civilians

The State Department, Weapons Deals, and Israeli Obstruction of Humanitarian Aid The State Department, Weapons Deals, and Israeli Obstruction of Humanitarian Aid

On this episode of American Prestige, Brett Murphy on the US government’s continuing to arm Israel despite knowledge of Israel blocking aid to Gaza.

Oct 22, 2024 / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

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