Nafeez M Ahmed

U.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says

The report says a combination of global starvation, war, disease, drought, and a fragile power grid could have cascading, devastating effects

Boris Johnson's destruction of democracy is making it easier for the hard right to ruin our planet

The vision that Boris and his clique represent is plain (for some of us) to see. They appear to be unabashed authoritarians, and their grand scheme consists of austerity for the poor, welfare for the wealthy and marginalisation for minorities

Behind Islamophobia Is a Global Movement of Anti-Semites

The world’s Jewish and Muslim communities are both in the firing line of far-right groups forged in the historic bowels of Nazism

The global pandemic of anti-Muslim genocidal violence

Post-9/11 wars may have killed up to 6 million people in a global system that could be on the verge of a tipping point

War, empire and racism in the Anthropocene

The biophysical-economics and military-logics of industrial hyperreality

US Intelligence on Iran Supports An “Almost Impossible” Scenario, says Former Navy Officer

Why the US’ version of events about the attacking of a Japanese-owned oil tanker raises more questions than answers

Former Naval officer exposes flaws in US intel on Iran oil tanker attack

Japanese government sources point finger of suspicion at US and Israel as Trump accelerates policy of ‘energy dominance’

How US climate deniers are working with far-right racists to hijack Brexit for Big Oil

New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ Starting in 2050

The climate change analysis was written by a former fossil fuel executive and backed by the former chief of Australia's military

Smart Cities and Automated Racism

How IBM Designed China’s Surveillance Regime

Silicon Valley’s scramble for China

Western technology companies have played a pivotal role in building China’s authoritarian smart cities

Escaping extinction through paradigm shift

‘Rebellion’ is not enough. We need to build new systems from the ground up, right now

Western Industrial Farming Is Eating Our Forests and Accelerating Climate Change

The dynamics of deforestation are increasingly inseparable from the growing demand for food from consumers in the most developed countries

Erdogan worked “hand in glove” with ISIS in Syria, claims former emir

‘Islamic State’ terror group liaised directly with Turkish intelligence according to commander

Are we sleepwalking into an AI police state?

Predictive analytics enabling law enforcement to identify “high-risk” areas has highlighted ethical and legal quandaries

‘White genocide’ theorists worm their way into the West’s mainstream

White supremacist ideology and proposals or action against Muslims aren’t just online. Through thinktanks and rightwing politicians they have been made credible in government and media in the US and Europe

The Conservative Party is incubating the racism behind New Zealand terror

From Republicans to Eurosceptic parties, the ‘Vienna school’ ideology of terrorist Anders Breivik is spreading like a terminal cancer

Brexit was triggered by climate-driven collapse in the Middle East

Climate-denying Brexiteers will trigger the next migrant crisis. This is how climate change is unravelling democracy and propelling the authoritarian turn in Britain, Europe and beyond

Whistleblowers say NSA still spies on American phones in hidden program

Meanwhile, the bulk of the NSA’s surveillance and “offensive” information warfare capabilities remain completely unknown

White House admits knowing that Trump lobbyists helped Gazprom conquer an entire Balkan state

US and Russian corporations connected to the American President’s inner circle are tying Putin’s gas noose round Europe’s neck

Trump-Russia Axis Scores Major Victory in Battle over European Energy Autonomy

Trump allies join forces with Putin proxies to seize control through the Trojan horse of Russian gas

Cybercrime is learning from business, and it’s paying off

The low startup costs and huge profits associated with cybercrime have resulted in a thriving industry, and no companies – regardless of sector or size – are safe from its reach

The “disintegration” of global capitalism could unleash world war 3, warns top EU economist

Seeing the systemic roots of this risk can help us avert catastrophe and build resilience

Manufacturing cyberattacks could cripple the UK

The potential for international cyberwarfare could put manufacturers in the firing line as hackers go after vital services and large-scale industrial facilities