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In April, I accompanied a friend on a visit to villages in Daikundi province, central Afghanistan. The purpose of the trip was to speak to farmer...
On June 3, 2016, legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali passed away at the age of 74. Ten years after the world said goodbye to him, his voice still...
World Environment Day, observed annually on June 5, should be considered one of the most important international platforms when it comes to raising...
If elections are normally times of celebration, either for retaining successful governments or for renewing politics with new faces and ideas, the...
One year after Operation Sindoor, an important shift is quietly underway in the strategic discourse of South Asia. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...
Israel this week rejected Lebanon’s request for a ceasefire during the direct negotiations now underway in Washington. With this position, Israel...
It has been more than four years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, expanding its occupation of Ukrainian lands, which started in...
As the world awaited a possible deal between the US and Iran last week, President Donald Trump launched a fresh angle — that any deal would have to...
United States President Donald Trump’s claim that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz has been largely negotiated may calm markets temporarily....
Nikolay Kozhanov and Şaban Kardaş The crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran has affected the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council...
War is measured first in lives lost, families uprooted and neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. But there are also deadly consequences that are often...
The US has traditionally excelled at developing soft power. However, those historical patterns appear to be shifting, significantly, under Donald...
India is experiencing an extraordinary summer. Across the country, temperatures have crossed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit), inching...
Nine Americans who have been killed either by Israeli soldiers or radical Israeli settlers since 2022 have not received any form of justice. The...
As the UK approaches the 10th anniversary of the June 2016 Brexit referendum, it is fair to say that the ghosts of its divisive and ruinous...
US Representative Thomas Massie lost his Republican primary on Tuesday after one of the most expensive and politically charged congressional campaigns...
For most of the modern era, the Gulf states’ relationship with India was limited. The Gulf was seen largely only as a place to buy oil and send...
The US-Israeli war on Iran may not yet be over but its ramifications for the region’s security architecture are already being felt from Riyadh to...
In late April, the Hondurasgate platform and the Spanish media outlet Canal Red began leaking incriminating audios regarding recent machinations by...
Days before Donald Trump was elected for his second term as US president in 2024, he pledged to “un-unite” Russia and China as he accused his...
With so many intractable problems in global politics, it is all the more frustrating that the international community often neglects pressing ones...
Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi One of the most dangerous ideas in today’s Middle East is the claim that Gulf states must choose between Iran and Israel....
The planet’s two most powerful chiefs locked horns in Beijing last week, with the whole world assessing every syllable and twitch from both. It was...
On September 9, 2025, Israel struck Qatar. There was no battlefield, no front line. Instead, the target was a sovereign state hosting negotiations...
Ange-David Baïmey and Mónica Vargas Collazos More than two months into the US-Israel war on Iran, it appears we are veering towards another global...
Sir Mark Rowley’s recent comments that some pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London send a message “that feels like anti-Semitism” are the...
With almost no one noticing, Israel passed a law on May 12 establishing a special court to try about 400 Palestinians from Gaza accused of...
During a press conference last week in Montenegro, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he was “extremely optimistic” about NATO’s future,...
Britain’s politics is in turmoil. The Labour government is consumed by an open leadership crisis, with the Prime Minister facing demands from more...
The war between the US and Iran has entered an ambiguous phase. While strikes still take place during the ceasefire, both sides are exchanging demands...
The UK will have seen nine prime ministers in the last 20 years if Keir Starmer resigns or is forced out of office before the end of 2026. This is in...
The International Court of Justice last year delivered a legal opinion on climate change with a clarity of purpose not seen since the 2015 Paris...
Is it the end of the road for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the poor performance of his party at last week’s local elections? Less than two...
The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror that is now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers and a...
I recently visited Khartoum for the first time since the war started. It quickly became clear to me that the world still doesn’t fully comprehend...
Prince Turki Al-Faisal Since the US-Israeli war on Iran erupted on Feb. 28, discordant voices in our region and in Western media have grown louder,...
Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares The war against Iran that the United States and Israel launched on February 28, 2026, will likely end in an American...
As governments gather in New York for the second International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) to assess progress on global migration commitments, a...
On Saturday, Europe Day marks the anniversary of the 1950 Schuman Declaration, the foundation of the modern EU, a political project built on...
Southern Russia is facing one of the largest environmental disasters in its modern history. In April, repeated Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil...
At its narrowest, the Strait of Hormuz spans barely 39 km — a slender ribbon of water that has long carried one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil,...