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Vijay Prashad

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Prashad's latest book is The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South (Verso, 2014 paperback). He is a columnist at Frontline and a Senior Research Fellow at AUB's Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs.

Comment: IS is a safe investment for many former Gaddafi loyalists, as the group aims to cripple the state's oil income and infrastructure, writes Vijay Prashad.

09 December, 2015

Comment: The situation is desperate, yet the devastating violence is being supported by the international community, which can't see what's coming next, writes Vijay Prashad.

02 December, 2015

Comment: As global powers converge in the skies above Syria and Iraq and beat the drums of war, internationalists must call for cool heads and calm reactions, writes Vijay Prashad.

25 November, 2015

Comment: It is time for non-aligned countries to put the tragedy of Libya aside, and re-engage the international diplomatic community over Syria, writes Vijay Prashad.

18 November, 2015

Comment: After Islamabad's refusal to send troops into what it saw as a sectarian-based war sparked a diplomatic crisis, the envoys have been dispatched to make amends, writes Vijay Prashad.

12 November, 2015

Comment: Sisi and the power centres of the West have much in common - stability, security and a lack of concern over human rights or democracy, writes Vijay Prashad.

06 November, 2015

Comment: The doctrine of liberal interventionism has destroyed post-Gaddafi Libya, just as it destroyed post-Saddam Iraq, writes Vijay Prashad.

28 October, 2015

Comment: The death of the journalist has never been fully explained, writes Vijay Prashad.

21 October, 2015

Comment: Renewed US military operations in Afghanistan would do little to combat the strength of the Taliban - particularly as they have failed for years, writes Vijay Prashad.

14 October, 2015

Comment: It is not the first time, and won't be the last, that no one will be held to account for the heinous crimes of war, writes Vijay Prashad.

07 October, 2015