El Niño 2026: Is Africa Prepared for Another Climate Challenge?
As super El Niño develops alongside a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, Africa faces renewed concerns over extreme rainfall, flooding, droughts and the urgent need for climate preparedness
Climate resilience starts with care
It is getting harder by the day to justify the slow pace of adaptation to climate change. Last year was one of the hottest on record, with economies and communities around the...
Can post-Brexit UK help solve global energy crisis?
The world has witnessed several energy crises in recent decades, from its first oil shock in 1973 to the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the 2008 financial crisis and the major energy crisis...
World Children’s Day
Every year , World Children's Day gives us an opportunity to rethink the importance of children, their rights and our responsibilities towards a better future. Children are the future of any society...
How to stop the AI apocalypse
Over the past decade, scholars and journalists have been writing about what the march of digital technology means for humanity with a mixture of hope and anxiety: hope because of the rise...
The widening weaponization of geography
The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is at a stalemate, with both the US and Iran claiming control of the strategic waterway. Even so, the closure of the strait, whether full...
Chokepoint diplomacy weaponizing maritime geography
The recent fall of the Yemeni city of Mokha and its strategic port, followed immediately by the Houthi militia’s invasion of Mayun Island in the middle of the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, signal...
Why Israeli opposition’s soft approach could backfire
It took the leaders of Israel’s opposition only a few weeks of declining support in the opinion polls to call for an emergency meeting last Saturday at the home of Yair Lapid,...
German Unity Day: A strong partnership for a shared future
On Oct. 3, Germany celebrates the Day of German Unity — a day that reminds us of the power of freedom, dialogue and the determination of people to shape their own future.
Why Is Rumi’s Masnavi-ye Ma’navi Written in Persian?
To truly understand and appreciate any literary work, it is important to engage with it in its original language, especially when the work is poetry. The beauty of poetry is deeply connected...