India’s BRICS presidency faces serious challenges
India assumed the BRICS presidency in January this year, with the annual summit scheduled to take place in New Delhi in September. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the first...
We cannot accept a repeat of the 1979 hostage crisis
In 1979, a group of students in Tehran converted a foundational principle of the international system — the inviolability of diplomatic premises — into something that could be held, bargained over and...
Is a new intifada about to erupt in the West Bank?
The events in Tell, southwest of Nablus, last month were not an isolated act of violence. They were a warning.
For years, Israel has treated Palestinian villages in the West Bank...
Ceuta Crisis: Facts and Political Context Over Conspiracy
Hostile and conspiratorial commentators have rushed to cast the mass crossing into Ceuta as a calculated Moroccan maneuver, yet a sober reading of the facts shows a state doing its...
Climate resilience no longer enough for Europe
Between June 20 and 28, a powerful heat wave hit Europe, creating the conditions that have fueled the wildfires now raging across large swathes of France and Spain. Soon after the June...
How Africa can survive and prosper in a zero-sum world
Across Africa, foreign aid is disappearing, climate shocks are multiplying, and strategic competition has replaced economic cooperation as the organizing principle of international affairs. Many policymakers continue to debate these developments as...
How Tehran turned Iraq into a war front
The first 70 days of Ali Falih Al-Zaidi’s premiership renewed hope among many Iraqis before it was dashed by Iran.
The period was marked by the pursuit of corrupt...
How the Houthis helped revive Somali piracy
Piracy has returned to the forefront of regional threats after more than a decade of remission. Since the Iran war started in February, Somali pirates have resumed their activities, thanks in part...
Wildfires represent yet another threat to peace and security
Nothing is new this summer; we have all been here before. Yes, airport delays are common in most Western countries during the height of the holiday season. Wars in the Middle East,...
Washington’s smartest move is to keep Israel out of the war
As tensions between the US and Iran continue to escalate, Washington faces a strategic choice that could determine whether the current confrontation remains a limited military operation or evolves into a broader...