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Eastern Europe bets on Trump – but at what cost?

Dimitar Bechev Despite Donald Trump’s fraying popularity at home, there is a corner of the globe where his brand remains remarkably resilient:...

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Harvard talks free speech but silences Palestine

Lara Jirmanus My sister was standing with a few other students under the dim glow of Harvard Yard’s old lampposts, casually smoking and chatting....

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Solving the Hezbollah arms conundrum

Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has engaged in a dialogue with Hezbollah over its arms. The Lebanese state and the president...

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How Africa should negotiate with Trump

Vera Songwe and Witney Schneidman In a recent interview, Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic...

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Perfect storm brings UK and EU together

Yossi Mekelberg It is too early to predict the outcome of this month’s all-important EU-UK summit, but there has already been a sea change in terms...

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Israel’s claim to protect Syria’s Druze is a smokescreen

Osama Al-Sharif Israel will use any excuse to divide and weaken the region. That is the end game, precisely what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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Navarro still up to his anti-China tricks

Peter Navarro, the White House’s top trade advisor, is no stranger to controversy, or to deception and lies in pursuit of his agenda. In September...

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How developing countries can navigate the US-China trade war

Dr. Turki Faisal Al-Rasheed The US-China trade conflict, characterized by escalating tariffs and economic friction, has far-reaching implications not...

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The UK’s two-party system is creaking

Chris Doyle Were the local elections held in England last Thursday another seminal moment in British politics? The barnstorming success of the...

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Labour’s win in Australia a rejection of Trump agenda

The Labour Party has been re-elected in the Australian parliamentary election. The preliminary results showed that it won 77 of the 150 seats, while...

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Evidence indicates tariffs ‘unsustainable’

China’s long history means there have been no shortage of lessons learned from experience, and there is a saying to the effect that those who act...

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New Canadian leader

More in sorrow than in anger, Mark Carney, Canada’s newly elected prime minister, lamented his country’s breakup with the United States. “Our...

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100 days

US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days ~ completed on Tuesday ~ of his second term in office offer a revealing glimpse into a presidency shaped...

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No, Trump is not a fascist. He is a hypercapitalist and just as dangerous

Santiago Zabala and Claudio Gallo Since taking office in January, United States President Donald Trump has undertaken policy after policy that has...

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Bridges of Rome

In the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica, two leaders locked in conversation offered a rare glimpse of possibility in an otherwise grinding and brutal...

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Power & privilege

Billionaire Elon Musk’s decision to scale back his involvement with America’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) marks a pivotal moment in...

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We must not let the memory and value of solidarity with refugees be erased

Efi Latsoudi I moved to Lesbos in 2001. This was nearly 80 years after my grandmother had arrived from Ayvalik on this same island as a nine-year-old...

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US democracy threatened by ‘antisemitism’ crackdown

Ray Hanania Ever since university protests began in response to Israel’s indiscriminate bombings of civilian targets in Gaza, the pro-Israel...

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Ankara, Washington, and Trump’s first 100 days

Dr. Sinem Cengiz As Donald Trump marked the first 100 days of his administration in Washington, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “I...

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The need for a UK-EU defense pact

Luke Coffey British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London late last month to discuss the...

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Canada votes Liberal in response to Trump’s threats

The Canadian parliamentary election on Sunday witnessed the return of Liberals to power in the face of the threat posed by United States President...

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US companies boost spending on security

US corporations have been ramping up their security spending, but following the murder of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson that expenditure is...

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This May Day, workers unite to make big polluters pay for climate damage

Amruta S Nair and Sandeep Verma As extreme weather events become the new normal, informal workers across South Asia are bearing the growing brunt of...

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How the road to Ukraine began in 1967

Ross Anderson There is much angst among the Western liberal cognoscenti over the “peace agreement” with Russia currently being foisted on the...

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Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking

Patrick Gathara When the Kenyan government blocked the public screening of a BBC documentary investigating the military’s role in the killing of...

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The dawning of a new era in Japan-Saudi Arabia relations

Takeshi Iwaya Based on the idea of leading the international community from division to cooperation, I have decided to visit Saudi Arabia, which plays...

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Will US solve the Iran nuclear conundrum?

Mohamed Chebaro So far, three rounds of indirect US-Iran talks have taken place in Oman and Italy, with more on the way. It is like the two sides are...

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Israel and Hezbollah are undermining Lebanon’s new start

As Beirutis labour to clear the debris left by another Israeli strike on their capital on Sunday – the third since a ceasefire took effect in late...

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Trump’s Middle East visit

When it comes to governing styles, US President Donald Trump’s novel approach to policymaking is one that often leaves friends and foes guessing....

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White House unable to accomplish its goal

Although the US administration continues to brag about how the US economy is becoming stronger due to the policies it has introduced since it took...

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World Economic Forum needs a visionary new leader

Khalid Abdulla-Janahi With Klaus Schwab stepping down after more than five decades at the helm of the World Economic Forum, the organization he is...

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UK-US trade deal important but not at any price

Yossi Mekelberg Much political attention in the UK last week was focused on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ visit to Washington on the occasion of the...

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Franco-British recognition could usher in a new era for Palestine

Chris Doyle This should have happened decades ago. It may still not happen. It should be a plain and simple, uncontroversial decision. It is not. Yet...

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A protective force must be deployed to occupied Palestine

Nicola Perugini and Shahd Hammouri In the past few weeks, demands for the deployment of a protective force in Gaza and the West Bank have resurfaced....

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Iran: Pragmatism after the ‘flood’

Ghassan Charbel Iranian commentators appear to be relaxed about the prospects of the ongoing negotiations with the US. Some have implied that a...

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In Yemen, we comfort ourselves, thinking: It is not as bad as Gaza

Manal Qaed Alwesabi In the first week of April, the United States carried out air raids across Yemen. One strike hit just a street away from my family...

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Trump administration seeks to curtail costs

The White House wants to defund a bipartisan board that advises the president and Congress on Social Security policy, two sources familiar with the...

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Team Trump’s appeasement

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff opted out of the London peace talks Wednesday with Ukraine, the United Kingdom, France...

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Mass arrests of Palestinians

Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Israeli forces have systematically targeted Palestinians, regardless of their location,...

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India’s Waqf Amendment Act: Who needs bulldozers when you have bureaucrats?

Insiyah Vahanvaty Imagine this: a 100-year-old bungalow, built by your great-grandfather – a quiet, serene place dedicated for decades to a single,...

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USAID and the pacification industry in Palestine

Samer Jaber The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) opened its office in Palestine back in 1994. Its website, which is no...

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Stress test no excuse for Kyiv’s behavior

The current occupant of the White House has established a reputation for being a master at exerting maximum pressure on others so that they dance to...

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Sudan war is a global crisis in the making

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh With Sudan now in its third year of civil war, the country teeters on the edge of fragmentation and the scale of devastation is...

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Pope Francis’ lessons must guide the Middle East

Lynn Zovighian No tribute, obituary or testament can do justice to one of the greatest leaders of our time. Pope Francis has passed, but his...

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The great collapse of US higher education has begun

Donald Earl Collins There is no other way to say it. The American university as the United States has known it since the 1960s is at an end. The spate...

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Regional apple tree blighted by Washington

The recent state visits of President Xi Jinping to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia, as his first overseas trip of the year, highlight the importance...

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Iraq and the effort to control armed groups

Hassan Al-Mustafa At the Sulaymaniyah International Forum last week, National Wisdom Movement leader Ammar Al-Hakim addressed the issue of weapons in...

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What it means for Europe to fend for itself

Anders Fogh Rasmussen The US-led global order as we have known it is gone. As the tectonic plates of geopolitics continue to shift beneath us, the...

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Why a US–Iran nuclear deal now seems more likely than ever

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh In a critical diplomatic development, officials from Iran and the United States recently concluded a second round of indirect...

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Trump’s campaign to turn dissent into a deportable offence harms democracy

Faisal Kutty On April 11, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student and lawful United...

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