John Mearsheimer discusses the US' dwindling options to end the war on Iran and the worsening economic crisis the globe faces if the war continues.

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Chris Hedges:

The situation with Iran, despite talks between US and Iranian officials at the United Nations and Donald Trump's apocalyptic threat to annihilate Iran, is a stalemate. The Trump administration, which has achieved none of its original objectives, announced when it attacked Iran on February 28th, refuses to concede defeat, and broker a deal.

I've lived my life under the constant threat of human extinction. So I'm a little skeptical about how dangerous AI is to us. But that is changing.

As a child the threat was sudden, complete thermonuclear war with the Soviets. At my elementary school we practiced hiding under our flimsy wooden desks, or going into the hallway and pulling our coats over our heads against the expected flash.

Bruna Frascolla

Carl Sagan's legacy: a cult of atheist pedants who feel superior for knowing we're "star stuff." 

It is not uncommon to see people on social media congratulating one another on another trip around the sun (that is, a birthday), a gesture that emphasizes their own scientific knowledge or membership in a specific subculture rather than the good wishes. The somewhat mawkish notion that we are made of star stuff is also frequently repeated by those wishing to appear enlightened.

Lorenzo Maria Pacini

The summit has stabilized Sino-American relations without stabilizing the Gulf - and regarding the Gulf, Beijing has offered words, not leverage.

Agreements at no cost

Xi Jinping left Washington on Friday, September 25, bid farewell by a 21-gun salute and the administration's top officials lined up at the airport. A three-day state visit organized with a level of attention to detail that the White House rarely reserves for a systemic rival: the welcome at the foot of the aircraft stairs, a three-hour meeting in the Oval Office, the state dinner, tea with the spouses, and a visit to the National Archives.

Finian Cunningham

The Orwellian condition that Britain is sliding into is awesome.

So, "Britain is back" and ready to provide glorious leadership to the rest of the world, to "solve shared problems we face."

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his debut at the United Nations this week, addressing the 81st session of the General Assembly in New York.

"You can count on us," assured Burnham.

Dr. Gregor Spitzen

Die von "Die Linke" versprochene Enteignung von Berliner Wohnungen droht eine Katastrophe für den Wohnungsmarkt der deutschen Hauptstadt heraufzubeschwören. Die Partei, die bei den vergangenen Wahlen zum Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus den Sieg davongetragen hat, bekräftigte ihr Versprechen, Tausende Wohnungen von den Wohnungsunternehmen der Hauptstadt zwangsweise zu enteignen.

Lorenzo Maria Pacini

L'infrastruttura del mondo multipolare non è soltanto fisica ma ance e sempre più digitale. La SCO non sta costruendo unicamente un'Eurasia fisica, bensì sta cominciando a costruire un'Eurasia digitale - e chi avrà la capacità di connettere, proteggere e governare quello spazio eserciterà un'influenza rilevante sull'ordine multipolare che verrà.

Dallo spazio fisico allo spazio informativo