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Mexico Declines Trump’s Gaza Peace Board and Reaffirms Support for Palestine

Mexico Declines Trump’s Gaza Peace Board and Reaffirms Support for Palestine

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, reaffirmed this week her long-standing position with Gaza and Palestine as she declined an invitation from US...

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Eman Abusidu

How Addis and Ankara are shaping a more stable Red Sea

How Addis and Ankara are shaping a more stable Red Sea

At the edge of the Red Sea, where history has always been written in salt and blood, a new chapter is quietly unfolding. It is not the clash of...

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Algorithms and AI Have Turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Algorithms and AI Have Turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

The revelations by 972 Magazine (https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/) and Local Call have exposed the darkest core of the...

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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Governance by weather: Iran’s independence, priced in dollars

Governance by weather: Iran’s independence, priced in dollars

When US and Iranian officials sit in separate rooms in Muscat, passing messages through Omani mediators, people in Iran do not wait for the...

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Continuing genocide, with full international approval

Continuing genocide, with full international approval

The international community has truly illustrated its fragmented approach to both international law, order and human rights. Not only did the UN...

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Ramona Wadi

From Madame Claude’s Salon to Epstein’s Island: The unchanging currency of power

From Madame Claude’s Salon to Epstein’s Island: The unchanging currency of power

The most telling image of the Jeffery Epstein saga is not of a private jet or a tropical island. It is the photograph of the frail, brilliant...

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Dr Sahar Huneidi

Rising prices strain family ties in Egypt

Rising prices strain family ties in Egypt

“I used to host my sisters for lunch every Friday at the family home, but I stopped that tradition after meat and poultry prices rose,” said Ahmed...

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Mahmoud Hassan

The new calculus in the Gulf: How Beijing and Moscow have altered the Iran equation

The new calculus in the Gulf: How Beijing and Moscow have altered the Iran equation

In the rarefied environment of the West Wing, the ghosts of the “Twelve-Day War” that transpired last June still linger in the Situation Room. For...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Freedom does not arrive on a cruise missile

Freedom does not arrive on a cruise missile

When Reza Pahlavi spoke on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference this week, he did not simply criticise the Islamic Republic. He urged...

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Alice Johnson

Germany is turning into ‘Little Israel’: Lies, smear campaigns, and Zionist propaganda

Germany is turning into ‘Little Israel’: Lies, smear campaigns, and Zionist propaganda

Germany’s complicity in the boundless cruelty of the genocide in Gaza, its unconditional support for the ongoing Nakba in the West Bank and occupied...

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Prof Jurgen Mackert

One is too many: Indonesia must act now on citizen serving in Israel’s army

One is too many: Indonesia must act now on citizen serving in Israel’s army

A report that an Indonesian citizen is serving in the Israeli military demands a firm response from Jakarta. If the report is correct, the government...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf escalation would backfire systemically

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf escalation would backfire systemically

Most analyses of potential US escalation against Iran in the Gulf remain confined to deterrence logic and regional balances of power. The debate often...

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‏Peiman Salehi

How to negotiate from a position of strength when there is perceived weakness

How to negotiate from a position of strength when there is perceived weakness

Iran once again finds itself around the negotiating table with the Unted States. Its resolve is still strong, believing righteousness and time remain...

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Mohamed Amersi

Missiles, carriers, and red lines: Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem face off in a historic confrontation. Who blinks first?

Missiles, carriers, and red lines: Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem face off in a historic confrontation. Who blinks first?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington last week was far from a routine diplomatic exercise. The objective was...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Oslo’s legacy: De facto annexation and an international mandate for subjugation

Oslo’s legacy: De facto annexation and an international mandate for subjugation

The Oslo Accords were never a peace process. They were distractions, a scam to neutralise the Palestinian movement and give reactionary Arab dictators...

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Jamal Kanj

Who fears the truth? The lawfare campaign to silence Francesca Albanese

Who fears the truth? The lawfare campaign to silence Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese has become one of the most polarising figures in contemporary diplomacy, not because she commands armies or signs treaties, but...

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Israel is trying to rewrite history – and British institutions risk helping them do it

Israel is trying to rewrite history – and British institutions risk helping them do it

Israel is trying to rewrite ancient history. In Palestine, Israel has systematically destroyed ancient heritage and made colonial land grabs of...

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Dr Marchella Ward

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the Limits of Islamist Electoral Politics

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the Limits of Islamist Electoral Politics

The recent electoral performance of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has revived an old debate: are Islamists structurally incapable of winning national...

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Hammadurrahman

The Gaza Technocratic Committee will fail. Why?

The Gaza Technocratic Committee will fail. Why?

It is clear that the current situation in Gaza, and what is being planned for the post-war period, goes beyond temporary administrative arrangements....

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Tamer Ajrami

Objective Fallacy: Eulogies on the Passing of the Law Based International Order

The eulogies are starting to wear thin.  The lamented passing of the rules and law-based order only makes sense to those who believed that such rules...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Munich 2026 faces Gaza’s unanswered call for justice

At the Munich Security Conference 2026, beneath glittering chandeliers and tight security, diplomacy moved to script — until one question broke it....

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Saving Halmahera Island in Indonesia from Israeli investment

Despite cultivating a global reputation as a defender of Palestinian rights, Indonesia has approved a geothermal concession on Halmahera, a forested...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Lawsuit before the Constitutional Court in Germany against arms exports to Israel fails

Lawsuit before the Constitutional Court in Germany against arms exports to Israel fails

The Federal Constitutional Court, the highest Court in Germany, has spoken. That sentence is the centre of gravity. It signals judicial restraint. It...

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Marla Karnabach

Government dealt a blow: Highest court deems Palestine Action ban unlawful

Government dealt a blow: Highest court deems Palestine Action ban unlawful

In a moment that exposed the flimsy nature of the government narrative, Keir Starmer’s government suffered a resounding blow from the UK Supreme...

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Adnan Hmidan

Indonesia’s 8,000: Can stabilisation proceed without normalisation?

Indonesia’s 8,000: Can stabilisation proceed without normalisation?

Gaza has become a scar on the conscience of the international system. With more than 72,000 Palestinians reported killed and over 1.9 million...

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Has Washington come to its senses in Iraq?

Has Washington come to its senses in Iraq?

Twenty-three years after the invasion of Iraq, Washington seems to have suddenly regained its senses — or worse, to be a detached observer of a...

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Karam Nama

France’s censorship of voices calling out international complicity with genocide

France’s censorship of voices calling out international complicity with genocide

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has once again been targeted, this time by French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot,...

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Ramona Wadi

Why Iran–US talks in Oman matter for global nuclear security

Why Iran–US talks in Oman matter for global nuclear security

The resumption of Iran–US nuclear negotiations in Oman represents a pivotal moment for global nuclear safety. The airstrikes on Iranian nuclear...

13.02.2026 50

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Anam Murad Khan

IMEC vs INSTC: The emerging battle over Middle Eastern energy corridors

IMEC vs INSTC: The emerging battle over Middle Eastern energy corridors

The Middle East is no longer merely a producer of energy; it is fast becoming the epicentre of a new geopolitical contest over corridors, connectivity...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Iran is not Iraq and it is definitely not Venezuela

Iran is not Iraq and it is definitely not Venezuela

Once again, a familiar pattern is playing out in US-Iran tensions: one side talks of diplomacy paired with threats of force. And when Washington...

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Muhammad Azhar Mohamad

Mr President: Do not relinquish Somalia’s future, let the constitutional process continue

13.02.2026 10

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Suleiman Bashir Mohamed

Beyond Oslo: Engineering a new reality in Palestine

13.02.2026 20

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

The choice between freedom and death: Why the resistance does not seek validation from the idle

The choice between freedom and death: Why the resistance does not seek validation from the idle
12.02.2026 20

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Adnan Hmidan

Khartoum wake-up call, how Riyadh will stabilise Sudan

Khartoum wake-up call, how Riyadh will stabilise Sudan
12.02.2026 20

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Australia should not provide a platform for Israel’s security narrative

Australia should not provide a platform for Israel’s security narrative
12.02.2026 30

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Ramona Wadi

Greece: Shipwreck raises questions over Europe’s border enforcement model

Greece: Shipwreck raises questions over Europe’s border enforcement model
12.02.2026 20

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Tatiana Svorou

Iran at 47: An anniversary or an obituary?

Iran at 47: An anniversary or an obituary?
12.02.2026 10

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Gathering in shame to honour the US President

Gathering in shame to honour the US President
12.02.2026 10

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Ciaran Tierney

The Kurdish Question: A left-wing vision

The Kurdish Question: A left-wing vision
11.02.2026 20

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Rezgar Akrawi

Kuwait should go beyond oil in Indonesia

Kuwait should go beyond oil in Indonesia
11.02.2026 30

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Pakistan’s blowback state: Generals, proxies, and the roots of terror

Pakistan’s blowback state: Generals, proxies, and the roots of terror
11.02.2026 30

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Junaid S. Ahmad

First Gaza, then the world: The global danger of Israeli exceptionalism

First Gaza, then the world: The global danger of Israeli exceptionalism
11.02.2026 30

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

The Gaza ceasefire – a cunning camouflage

The Gaza ceasefire – a cunning camouflage
11.02.2026 20

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Dr Chandra Muzaffar

A silent annexation swallows the West Bank while attention turns to Iran, why?

A silent annexation swallows the West Bank while attention turns to Iran, why?
11.02.2026 20

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Tamer Ajrami

Two scorpions in a jar: How Trump and Netanyahu’s alliance became a cage

Two scorpions in a jar: How Trump and Netanyahu’s alliance became a cage
11.02.2026 30

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Bad Beginnings: The End of New START

Bad Beginnings: The End of New START
10.02.2026 30

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological buoyancy in Iran

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological buoyancy in Iran
10.02.2026 40

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The architecture of deceptions in the West Bank

The architecture of deceptions in the West Bank
10.02.2026 30

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Egypt and Turkey: A summit of arrangements and strategic gains

Egypt and Turkey: A summit of arrangements and strategic gains
10.02.2026 40

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Mahmoud Hassan

Islamic Revolution: 47 years of history, achievement, and permanent siege

Islamic Revolution: 47 years of history, achievement, and permanent siege
09.02.2026 40

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Sayid Marcos Tenório