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EU Leaders Ignore Deadly Starobilsk Dormitory Strike While Condemning Russian Retaliation
Western outrage again appears selective as deaths of 21 students in Lugansk receive little political attention, filtered through alliance politics rather than universal principle European Union leaders and several major Western governments have condemned Russia’s latest retaliatory missile strikes on Ukraine while remaining largely silent about the Ukrainian drone attack on the Starobilsk Professional College… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War
As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War
As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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When Terms Are Rejected and Wars Cannot Be Won
Why Iran Will Not Bargain, Ukraine Cannot Prevail and Brazil’s Rupture with the System A decisive structural rupture now governs the international system, where coercive diplomacy has lost credibility and military-economic escalation has become the primary language of state interaction. Iran’s refusal to attend ceasefire talks does not represent obstinacy but rather a rational rejection… Continue reading
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Israel Operates As a Law Unto Itself
Repeated incidents involving UN personnel highlight a persistent tension between operational conduct, strategic imperatives, and the uneven application of international law. The argument that Israel operates as a law unto itself in its dealings with the United Nations and its personnel rests on a pattern of conduct that critics contend is neither incidental nor episodic,… Continue reading
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The Security Council’s Selective Condemnation of Iran
How the UN Resolution on Iran Omitted the Origins of the Conflict and Reflected the Politics of Power The resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council condemning Iran’s military actions across the Gulf has been presented as a clear statement in defence of regional stability. Yet the circumstances surrounding the vote raise serious questions… Continue reading
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Jeffrey Sachs and the Venezuela Question Before the Security Council
Venezuela as a test case for the post-1945 international framework and institutional decay The address delivered by Jeffrey D. Sachs to the United Nations Security Council on 5 January 2026 placed before the council a narrow legal and institutional question rather than a moral judgement on Venezuela’s domestic politics. The matter concerned whether a single… Continue reading
