Iran’s Failed Simorgh Launch of the Payam Satellite
Why did Iran’s launch of the Payam satellite fail, and was it really a disguised ICBM test?
Has North Korea Made New Nuclear Weapons Since Singapore?
It would seem North Korea has been making new nuclear weapons since Singapore, but then again it seems not.
Kim Jong-un’s New Year Address for 2019
What does Kim Jong-un’s new year address suggest is in store for nuclear North Korea in 2019?
North Korea’s Clarification of Denuclearisation and the Yeongjeo-dong Missile Base Controversy
Pyongyang’s denuclearisation clarification and the Yeongjeo-dong controversy underscore a need to change the way we think about nuclear North Korea
Problems of Knowledge and Survival: Democracy, Reason and the Anthropocene
If democracy is apt to lead to rational outcomes, why are we insanely marching toward ecological catastrophe?
The Yellow Vest Movement: How Neoliberalism Ends
The Yellow Vest movement that has convulsed France owes its origins to developments and processes unique to French society, however it also owes its origins to factors and structures operating at the global level. A ready indication of this is the solidarity and support that the movement has attracted across […]
Reality and Representation: Recent Developments on the Denuclearisation Talks Between the United States and North Korea.
The past month or so has seen revelations of a supposed grand North Korean deception, progress on the implementation of the Panmunjom and Pyongyang Declarations, the stalling of diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang, and finally talk of a second summit meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in early 2019. […]
The World and Yugoslavia: 1968 and 1918
One of the key functions of any political system in capitalist society is the containment of autonomous working class action. There are many forms this takes, an important one being when the guardians of history downplay, obscure or even eliminate the role played by the working class in history. The […]
Madmen: Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.
On Thursday November 8, hot on the heels of the midterm elections, North Korea’s envoy, Kim Yong-chol, was to meet Mike Pompeo and Steve Biegun in New York, however the meeting was abruptly cancelled. Multiple sources, including South Korean officials and the US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, […]
Full Spectrum FU: On Trump’s Withdrawal from the INF Treaty
Hitherto in the nuclear age humanity has relied upon a thin margin of survival provided by arms control, for arms control has tended to provide some measure of strategic stability and some reduction of nuclear dangers. For the most part arms control has functioned as a way of managing rivalry, […]