War and conflict

The money that is being swallowed into the Western military establishments does not only drift away from any climate spending but also promotes greater climate catastrophe, writes Murad Qureshi.

While the NATO Summit ended in Madrid with net commitments to double spending on weapons and to increase by eight-fold the number of troops in Europe, the total of hungry people worldwide now marks an unprecedented record.

6月30日、マドリードでの北大西洋条約機構（NATO）サミットが、武器への支出を2倍にし、ヨーロッパの軍隊の数を8倍に増やすという最終の約束を持って終了したと同時に、世界中の飢えた人々の総数は今や前例のない記録を打ち立てていると、IPSニュースのバヘール・カメル氏は書いています。

The invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a hefty increase in military spending among Western nations and a rise in humanitarian and military assistance to the beleaguered country, is now threatening to undermine the flow of ODA to the world’s poorer nations.

Two important reports were released last month, neither getting the kind of attention they deserve, writes Vijay Prashad for the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.

世界の地政学的様相の大きな変化を認めることは重要ですが、何百万もの人々が、彼らが関与していない世界的な紛争の代償を払って飢えていることを忘れるべきではありません。