Justin Podur

Justin Podur is a Toronto-based writer and a writing fellow at Globetrotter. You can find him on his website at podur.org and on Twitter @justinpodur. He teaches at York University in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change.

October 20, 2026

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Rising Prices and People’s Patience

A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month, and another push is coming from abroad. Brent

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Women’s Role in Peacekeeping Stalls Worldwide

More than 25 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, women’s representation in multilateral peace operations remains uneven, with progress in some categories offset by declining numbers and setbacks in senior appointments.

October 20, 2026

RSS Chief Warns of Foreign Plot, Declares No Regime Change

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat alleges global forces are exploiting domestic unrest to destabilise India, warns against anti-government agitation and calls for national unity, while

China Protests UK Border Searches as Espionage Dispute Deepens

Defence/Geopolitics

China has lodged a formal diplomatic representation with the United Kingdom after Chinese nationals, including trade delegates, tourists and people visiting relatives, were subjected

The Myth That India’s Freedom Was Won Nonviolently Is Holding Back Progress

April 10, 2024

History

If there is a single false claim to “nonviolent” struggle that has most powerfully captured the imagination of the world, it is the claim that India, under Gandhi’s leadership, defeated the mighty

The Perilous Path From Western Domination to De-Dollarization

September 29, 2023

Business

Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join BRICS in 2024: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

Are We Living Through a De-Dollarization?

June 23, 2023

Business/Columns

De-dollarization is apparently here, “like it or not,” as a May 2023 video by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a peace-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C., states. Quincy is not alone

Sub-Imperialism and Multipolarity: Brazil’s Dilemma

April 1, 2023

Brazil

Galeano Names the Problem In the Open Veins of Latin America Eduardo Galeano described an 1870 genocidal war of regime change waged on Paraguay by a Triple Alliance of its neighbors, Argentina, Uruguay, and

Asking the Oppressed to Be Nonviolent Is an Impossible Standard That Ignores History

February 17, 2023

Human Rights/United States

In January 2023, after five police officers killed Tyre Nichols, President Joe Biden quickly issued a statement calling on protesters to stay nonviolent. “As Americans grieve, the Department of Justice conducts its investigation, and state