Why Ethiopia’s elections should be postponed

Ethiopia’s twice-deferred national elections are set to commence on June 21 despite the insurmountable challenges threatening to unravel not only...

Awol Allo

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We cannot afford to give up our fight against polio now

I joined Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio more than two decades ago, shortly after meeting a mother in Karachi, Pakistan, who was struggling...

Aziz Memon

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It’s time for Tehran to start listening to ethnic minority groups

On June 18, the Islamic Republic of Iran will hold its 13th presidential election. This election will be one of the most critical in the...

Shukriya Bradost

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As the drug war turns 50, the US is still public enemy number one

Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon convened a press conference with a grave message for his fellow citizens:...

Belen Fernandez

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The prospects of a post-democratic world

The world at large may not have noticed but as I write this article, and in fact ever since the humiliating defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020...

Hamid Dabashi

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Trauma and mental health in Gaza

The May 20 ceasefire between the Israeli government and Hamas brought the latest round of conflict in the region to an end and led to a collective...

Kamran Ahmed

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Sudan: Striving for humanitarian care where no one cares

“Oh my God,” a stunned Dr Balah whispered to himself as our pick-up truck, loaded with medicines and supplies, finally came to a stop. It was...

Jason Rizzo

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Super powers are super reckless (and foolish)

After the leaders of the United States and Russia concluded their summit on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin assured a Canadian journalist that...

Marwan Bishara

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Armenia Elections: Democracy and security on the ballot

On June 20, Armenia’s citizens will be heading to the polls for a second snap parliamentary election in less than three years. While the December...

Asbed Kotchikian

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Time to make energy poverty in Africa a thing of the past

Across the globe, nearly 800 million people live without any access to electricity – about 600 million of them in sub-Saharan Africa. In a world...

Frans Timmermans

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The change we need will never come from the G7

Boris Johnson went into this weekend’s G7 summit promising to “vaccinate the world”. But by Sunday night it was clear that even the much...

Nick Dearden

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The myths of British imperial benevolence and Palestine

Last month, as Israeli artillery destroyed buildings in Gaza, one of two slivers of territory into which Palestinians have been squeezed over the...

Priya Satia

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Will Bennett outdo his former mentor Netanyahu?

The Netanyahu family is experienced in moving its belongings out of the official prime minister’s residence on Jerusalem’s Balfour Street. In...

Akiva Eldar

20 13.06.2021

US and NATO: Manufacturing a new cold war?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is trying to find its way back to “normalcy” after four years of drama under the fitful leadership of...

Marwan Bishara

100 13.06.2021

Algeria’s upcoming election will not instigate meaningful change

On June 12, a snap election will be held in Algeria to elect 407 members to the People’s General Assembly, the lower house of the country’s...

Yasmina Abouzzohour

60 13.06.2021

The judiciary and the long fight to defend Kenya’s constitution

The simmering conflict between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and the country’s judiciary over the supremacy of the constitution has once again...

Patrick Gathara

50 13.06.2021

Why Israel is so desperate to silence #SaveSheikhJarrah

Over the last month and a half, we have been witnessing what many are calling a new Palestinian uprising. It is being dubbed by some as the...

Yara Hawari

1000 11.06.2021

China is exploiting Western hypocrisy in the Middle East

Over the past year, the United States and its Western allies have taken up the cudgels for China’s Muslim ethnic minorities. Proudly extolling...

Richard Javad Heydarian

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Iran elections: Towards an ‘Islamic government’

Out of the 529 people who registered to take part in Iran’s June 18 presidential election, only seven have secured permission from the Guardian...

Saeid Golkar

10 11.06.2021

US policy on Israel: Go bold, Joe

Up to this point, United States President Joe Biden has confounded his critics from the left, piloting a domestic agenda that is remarkably bold for...

Ahsan I Butt

10 11.06.2021

The poverty of ‘economic growth’

There is a village in the rainforests of Southeast Asia that I have visited on and off for over 40 years, doing long-term anthropological research....