Jeffrey Sachs

Recent articles by Jeffrey Sachs

Giving birth to the new international order

Giving birth to the new international order

The multipolar world will be born when the geopolitical weight of Asia, Africa, and Latin America matches their rising economic weight.

Netanyahu has been leading the United States into disaster after disaster after disaster

Netanyahu has been leading the United States into disaster after disaster after disaster

This is a US operation being carried out by Israel but with complete complicity by the United States and silence by Europe.

The Deep State is running the USA, not the President

The Deep State is running the USA, not the President

It doesn't matter who the president is, the Deep State is running the USA. If you want to interpret American foreign policy its all about power as the central objective - and hegemony.  And they really believe they are doing the right thing. David Sacks and a panel from the All in Podcast speak with John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs about their views of what drives America.

Will Netanyahu bring down Biden?

Will Netanyahu bring down Biden?

The cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is filled with religious extremists who believe that Israel’s brutality in Gaza is at God’s command. According to the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible, dated by scholars to the 7th century BC, God promised the land to the Jewish people and instructed them to destroy the other nations living in the promised land. This text is used by extreme nationalists in Israel today, including by many of the 700,000 or so Israeli settlers living in occupied Palestinian lands in violation of international law. Netanyahu pursues the religious ideology of 7th...

Israel cannot hide from the International Court of Justice

Israel cannot hide from the International Court of Justice

It is easy to be cynical about the international rule of law. No sooner had the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Israel is plausibly committing genocide against the Palestinian people than the U.S. State Department declared, “We continue to believe that allegations of genocide are unfounded and note the court did not make a finding about genocide or call for a ceasefire in its ruling…” Israeli leaders declared the case to be “outrageous” and “antisemitic..” Yet the risks for Israel of the ICJ ruling, and its follow-up in the next year or two, are profound. If Israel spurns...