By Alon Ben-Meir* – IDN-InDepthNews The year since Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s retaliation have demonstrated once again that neither has learned anything from decades of horrific violence as they continue to miscalculate each other’s intentions and resolve Israeli-Palestinian relations have reached a new nadir in the...

Ted Snider* – Responsible Statecraft In 2021 the administration said it would pursue ‘relentless diplomacy.’ They call it something else today in Ukraine. It is said that Henry Kissinger asserted that little can be won at the negotiating table that isn’t earned on the battlefield. In several wars in recent...

By Basav Sen* – Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) Increasingly, authoritarianism isn’t a feature of overtly authoritarian governments alone Much of the world looks bleak in the fall of 2024. Israel’s assault on Gaza, the world’s first livestreamed genocide, goes on unchecked, with  material and diplomatic support from powerful countries....

By Margie Jackson*- Modern Diplomacy When the path to education is blocked by war, a generation of young people become trapped in a cycle of poverty, trauma, and lost potential. As parents, we raise our children to believe that education is the lifeline to the future.  We tell them that,...

Jeffrey D. Sachs* and Sybil Fares* – Common Dreams As a result of its belligerence and intransigence, Israel is now almost completely ostracized by the international community, and also faces grave economic and military threats as the regional war expands. Israel rejects the two-state solution because it claims that a...