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William Saunderson-Meyer writes on the new outspokenness from SA's captains of industry - corporates sounding alarm of impending failed state.

WPSU's Poetry Moment features poet Dave Bonta and his poem "Reflection."

The story of Lebanon’s bank strikes define how the country has landed in such a precarious economic and political situation.

Lord Peter Hain delivered a lecture to commemorate anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett murdered by the apartheid police in detention.

For South Africa to prosper once again, we must reclaim our right to use words with sharp edges. Words designed to cut. Words that are capable of precision messaging.

From the blog of Steven Greenberg at The Times of Israel

If the United States can prioritize the Lebanon response now, it can avoid further deterioration which will only result in a more-costly price to be paid later.

The West made a grave mistake when it assumed the collapse of Soviet communism meant the end of Russian imperialism.

Nearly half of respondents to a think tank’s poll expect the country to break up by 2033, and over a fifth think it is likely to become a failed state due to the impact of Ukraine sanctions.

Washington, DC—In recent months, Russian state media has launched a series of attacks against The Jamestown Foundation and Senior Fellow Janusz Bugajski for his most recent book, Failed State: A Guide to Russia’s Rupture. Having been previously attacked by the Russian Defense Ministry’s Zvezda television program, the state-owned media outlets RIA Novosti and RT have now lashed out against Bugajski’s latest work. The most heated denunciation of Bugajski and Failed S...