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Walden Bello

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Required Reading: Hillbilly Elegy

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a country located on the...

21.01.2025 6

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

Required Reading: Hillbilly Elegy – OpEd

Required Reading: Hillbilly Elegy – OpEd

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a

18.01.2025 3

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

How Will Mexico’s New President Deal With Trump, Migration and Drug Cartels?

In June 2024, Mexicans elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum to replace Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Arguably, Mexico is Washington’s...

06.01.2025 20

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

Jimmy Carter’s Life Is Not Ending in Failure – OpEd

By Jonathan Power The lives of all politicians end in failure”. So said Enoch Powell, a maverick former cabinet minister in the British government....

03.01.2025 3

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

How Will Mexico’s New President Deal With Trump, Migration, And Drug Cartels? – Interview

In June 2024, Mexicans elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum to replace Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Arguably, Mexico is Washington’s...

03.01.2025 2

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

Political Marriage on the Rocks, Philippine-Style: Biden, Trump, and the Marcos-Duterte Feud

06.12.2024 3

The Nation

Walden Bello

Trump: Isolationist by Instinct, Unpredictable in Action

For Trump, there is a second chance to remake U.S. foreign policy beginning on January 20, 2025, and it’s unlikely he’ll allow partisans of the...

27.11.2024 4

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

How Did I “Predict” That Trump, Despite His Repulsive Personality and Politics, Would Prevail?

Nearly a month before the November 5 elections, I anticipated that Donald Trump would win and wrote about it in a couple of articles. My...

12.11.2024 4

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

How Did I Correctly Predict That Trump Would Win?

By early October, it was clear to me that Trump would win not so much because he had a more attractive vision for the future, but because he was...

08.11.2024 4

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

The Mess in Argentina

Javier Milei has been in office for less than a year, but he has taken his chainsaw to the government, as he promised. He chopped off half of the...

25.09.2024 10

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

The Bleak Fantasy of Milei’s Great Argentine Chainsaw Massacre

Despite the record of unremitting failures of neoliberal programs to deliver sustained growth over the last quarter of a century, there are still...

24.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

The Mess In Argentina – OpEd

At the heart of Buenos Aires lies the lovely Calle Florida. The experience of walking through this street that is exclusively dedicated to...

21.09.2024 3

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

How Should the Global South Look at the US Elections?

As the U.S. elections come closer, there is growing pressure on many progressives in the Global South to make our voices heard in support of the...

17.09.2024 4

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

The Global South's View of the Harris-Trump Race

Imperialism and hegemony still rule in the United States. But while Kamala Harris and the Democrats may have their flaws, the alternative of four...

15.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

How Should The Global South Look At The US Elections? – OpEd

As the U.S. elections come closer, there is growing pressure on many progressives in the Global South to make our voices heard in support of the...

13.09.2024 3

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

Trump, Biden, and the Crisis of the Neoliberal International Order

A hegemonic stalemate or a hegemonic vacuum opens up the path to a world where power could be more decentralized.

18.07.2024 3

Common Dreams

Walden Bello