A pathway to stability in the Middle East
Many perceive history as a slow-moving process marked by gradual developments and incremental change. However, it is often punctuated by abrupt paradigm shifts that unexpectedly reshape entire regions. The Middle East, a...
How the ‘world order’ changes
After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and almost a year before the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, US President George H.W. Bush proclaimed a “new world order.” Now, just...
Canceling the Palestinians is Israel’s next play
Those waiting for a ruling from the International Court of Justice on South Africa’s claim that Israel is guilty of committing genocide in Gaza will have to wait for many more months...
Dismantling USAID could boost African self-reliance
Back in 2015, then-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta warned the Pan-African Parliament about the dangers of development assistance. “The future of our continent cannot be left to the good graces of outside interests,”...
Europe’s security depends on a European energy union
In a world in turmoil, the EU’s security agenda is as expansive as it is urgent. From building economic resilience to achieving rapid rearmament, progress on almost any of its components depends...
The ethics around AI in diplomacy and governance
In the illustrious corridors of Techville, where innovation and ethics waltz in perfect harmony, a new era of diplomacy has dawned — one led by the infallible wisdom of artificial intelligence. Here,...
Israel is no longer the democracy the West once loved
For decades, Israel’s Western supporters and apologists boasted that it was the only democracy in the Middle East. As a liberal democracy, they perceived that it shared the West’s values of safeguarding...
Gaza war compels China to review its Middle East policy
For nearly two decades, China’s approach to the Middle East has been characterized by what Sun Degang and other Chinese scholars have described as “a trade-off between maximum economic benefits and minimum...
How Netanyahu got his Gaza war back
The Gaza ceasefire that Israel has now so devastatingly shattered was only ever a political convenience for Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu: the incoming US president wanted it before taking office, and...
How forests help feed the world
Our forests play a vital role in feeding the world. From wild foods to fresh water and from shelter to energy, forests sustain billions of people, as well as great biodiversity.