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Pope Leo’s message of interfaith dialogue and peace

Yossi Mekelberg The first visit abroad by a new leader reveals quite a bit about their worldview, priorities and how they would like to be perceived...

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Bashar Assad’s odd decisions

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed A year has passed since the fall of the Assad regime. The change has been immense and its consequences are still unfolding. With...

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Trump, Al-Sharaa and the future of Syria

Robert Ford It was during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East in May that he first met Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, after...

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Netanyahu might be pardoned but never forgiven

For a split second, when the breaking news of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to be pardoned by the Israeli president of charges in his...

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How impunity became Israeli policy

Hani Hazaimeh What we are witnessing, from Gaza to southern Lebanon and from Jenin to the skies over Syria, is not a chain of disconnected crises. It...

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Social media helping to enact and cover up Gaza genocide

Chris Doyle Hillary Clinton last week claimed that TikTok was to blame for many young Americans’ pro-Palestine views and that they were falling for...

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After el-Fasher, we must refuse a ‘new normal’ of mass atrocities in Darfur

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim Over the last two months in Darfur, Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed horrifying atrocities in the city of...

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Pakistan–Afghan crisis is deepening dangerously

Dr Syed Kaleem Imam The latest exchange of fire along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Spin Boldak–Chaman frontier) this past weekend has once again...

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The centuries-old Christian presence in the West Bank is under threat

Rev Dr Fares Abraham I grew up less than a mile from Shepherds’ Field in Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank – the hillside where, according to...

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Macron wants to bring new balance to China-Europe ties

Andrew Hammond French President Emmanuel Macron went to China last week for what was technically a bilateral state visit. However, he has higher hopes...

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Abu Shabab’s death signals the inevitable failure of Israel’s plan for Gaza

Said Alsaloul “[The death of Yasser Abu Shabab] marks the end of a dark chapter – one that did not reflect our tribe’s history and principles...

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Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head

Marc Owen Jones Qatar is not a big country, but lately it occupies an astonishing amount of space in the imagination of a growing ecosystem of...

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Arctic region becoming increasingly contested

Luke Coffey In a surprising move at this time of year, a tanker from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project on Wednesday traveled along the Northern Sea...

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Golan vote signals failure of Israel’s Syria policy

Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib On Dec. 3, 2025, 123 countries at the UN reaffirmed their support for Syria and Syrian sovereignty over the Golan Heights....

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Japan will pay a heavy economic price

The consequences of the diplomatic tensions between China and Japan unilaterally sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s erroneous and...

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US’ renewed focus on Burma Act offers hope

Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Washington has entered a new and encouraging phase of engagement with Myanmar at a moment when the country’s future hangs in the...

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Syrian aid workers have local trust and capacity — we just need the resources

Dr. Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Faddy Sahloul, Dr. Aref Razouk, Abdullatif Alzalek and Alaa AlBakour Sara — not her real name — is a 16-year-old Syrian...

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Pakistan-GCC strategic ties are ever growing

Javed Hafeez Pakistan has been part of the Gulf security architecture for quite a while, especially as the region’s threat perception changes over...

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Bangladesh’s economy is not collapsing but undergoing a necessary reset

Faisal Mahmud The recent wave of pessimism surrounding Bangladesh’s economy under its interim administration, much of it amplified by selectively...

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Can Pope Leo inspire peace in Lebanon?

Mohamed Chebaro There are many interpretations of the word “peace” in the Lebanese context. The fact that the visiting Pope Leo this week repeated...

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Europe should seize Russia’s frozen assets now

Maximilian Hess The Trump administration is now determining what the future holds for Ukraine, and by extension for Europe, in matters of territorial...

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US left using immigrants, Muslims as political pawns

Dalia Al-Aqidi The attack on two members of the National Guard in Washington last week has shaken the US to its core. The victims were a young woman...

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India articulates a new maritime vision

Talmiz Ahmad In March this year, during a visit to Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s new maritime vision —...

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UN road map for Gaza is littered with uncertainty

Yossi Mekelberg Combing through UN Security Council Resolution 2803, I began to question whether it is the case of the international community...

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How Europe’s migration policy and arms empowered Sudan’s warlords

Zeenat Adam Sudan was teetering on the edge of crisis long before open war erupted in April 2023. Decades of authoritarian rule under Omar al-Bashir...

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Trump has delivered tangible results to the region

Nadim Shehadi The intensity of American reactions to President Donald Trump remains intriguing. I saw it in Boston among both students and faculty...

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What happens in Gaza’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’

Amal Abu Seif It has been more than a month and a half since a ceasefire was concluded in Gaza. As part of the deal, 600 trucks were supposed to cross...

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Regulation and Transparency in ESG Ratings

Majed Al-Qatari Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings are increasingly influencing global investment decisions and can be used to...

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The man who broke the BBC

Ben de Pear The resignations of BBC Director General Tim Davie and Director of News Deborah Turness over a Panorama edit of a 2021 speech by United...

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Why do ceasefires not stop the Israeli killing machine?

Daoud Kuttab Despite the announcement and acceptance of ceasefire agreements in Gaza and Lebanon, the Israeli army — particularly its air force —...

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A tale of two ‘virtual’ ceasefires

Osama Al-Sharif Following the historic Sharm El-Sheikh summit on Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan in October and since the UN Security Council adopted...

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Shaheed Bibi’s Last Founding Day

By Capt. (R) Wasif Syed In the top of the list of one of the most profound days of jubilation for the workers of thePakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was...

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Don’t let science and tech monopolize humanity’s future

Arnab Neil Sengupta Not every human problem has a solution yet, but almost all now seem to have an app, a dashboard or an artificial intelligence...

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Palestinians gloomy and skeptical but not without hope

Yossi Mekelberg We should be under no illusion that the postwar journey toward rebuilding Gaza will be smooth. There is not even a guarantee that the...

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Peace prospects in Middle East following Saudi-US summit

Hassan Al-Mustafa I happened to be traveling through several Saudi cities during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the US last week....

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Lebanon, the party and the crisis

Ghassan Charbel Benjamin Netanyahu has his way of dealing with those he perceives as Israel’s enemies. He may have accepted the Gaza ceasefire, but...

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A corruption scandal may well end the war in Ukraine

Leonid Ragozin On November 10, the Ukrainian anticorruption authorities revealed that close associates of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were...

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Libya’s unseen war: a brutal battle for cash, contracts, influence

Hafed Al-Ghwell In Libya, the language of state-building is often just a dialect of theft. While political leaders publicly champion sovereignty and...

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Winners and losers in the new age of geoeconomics

Andrew Hammond The term geopolitics has long been used to highlight the complexity of international affairs. Yet, geoeconomics has also risen in...

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How the US-Israeli ‘peace plan’ will partition Gaza

Jonathan Whittall Since the ceasefire was announced on October 10, the division of Gaza into a so-called “green zone” under Israeli army control...

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Why Turkiye opposes a separate EU defense union

Dr. Sinem Cengiz Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine marked a major turning point for European security. US President Donald Trump’s stance on...

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Azerbaijan a strategic addition to the C5

Luke Coffey At a meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, last Sunday, the leaders of the five Central Asian states — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan,...

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Mamdani’s democratic socialism is a promise of true freedom for all

Masoud Movahed In an astonishing victory, 34-year-old state legislator Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral election. Defeating former state...

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Regional cooperation can help solve Iran’s water crisis

Khaled Abou Zahr When we face nature’s wrath, whether through earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes or any other natural disaster, there is...

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Gaza resolution may be terrible, but the alternative was worse

Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib The UN Security Council on Monday authorized an International Stabilization Force for Gaza by adopting Resolution 2803,...

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COP30 cannot meet the 1.5C goal while military emissions stay uncounted

Brendan Mackey As COP30 negotiations in Belem enter their final stretch, there is hope that countries might finally agree on a roadmap to phase out...

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True climate justice demands a reckoning with colonialism

Nciko wa Nciko and Samrawit Getaneh The African Union declared 2025 to be the “Year of Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through...

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Trump’s Russian oil waiver gives Orban a win at Hungary’s expense

Gabor Scheiring Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his very large team of ministers, propagandists and members of the country’s...

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Confrontation between Pakistani Forces and Hamas may be unavoidable

By Jalil Afridi The recent United Nations Security Council vote on the U.S.-drafted Gaza resolution, which Pakistan supported, has created a new...

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Ice cream and MAGA drama in the American swamp

Belén Fernández In the latest episode of the soap opera that passes for politics in the United States, President Donald Trump has dramatically split...

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