Belkis Wille+* – Human Rights Watch Egypt and a few countries are doing all they can, but the wider international community must step up Last month, I visited three hospitals in north Sinai in Egypt, a military zone that borders southern Gaza where scores of Palestinians are…
by Michelle Gavin – Council on Foreign RelationsThe provincial and national elections on May 29 come amidwaning support for the ruling African National Congress thirty years afterSouth Africa transitioned to democracy. In recent years, South Africa has struggled with…
Hal Brands* -Foreign Affairs What Trump’s Return Might Mean for Global Order What would become of the world if the United States became a normal great power? This isn’t to ask what would happen if the United States retreated into outright isolationism.
By Matin Karim* – Eurasia Review On the internet, we witness a lively and dynamic scene of political, social, professional, and cultural activities by Iranians. A considerable portion of these diverse activities is devoted to the struggle against the mullahs’ dictatorship and…
Interview with Ouided Bouchamaoui, by Livia Malcangio* Our focus today in this conversation with Dr. Ouided Bouchamaoui will be the role of women in conflict resolutions. Dr. Bouchamaoui made history by becoming the first woman in Tunisia to hold the position of President…
By Peter Beaumont* – The Guardian Court order is a warning that Israel’s offensive in Gaza risks creating conditions that could be framed as potentially genocidal UN’s top court orders Israel to immediately halt Rafah offensive The provisional measures issued by the…
By Gordon Repinski, Jakob Hanke Vela, Šejlja Ahmamtovic, Julius Brinkmamm and Jürgen Klöckner – Modern Diplomacy Europe’s Socialists have warned Ursula von der Leyen they won’t back her for a second term as European Commission president if she continues to suggest…
By Satyajit Das*- Naked Capitalism Modern warfare, with its complicated interplay of industry, economics and geopolitics, is dangerous to leave to generals. The replacement of Sergei Shoigu as Russia’s defence minister by Andrei Belousov, an economist and technocrat, highlights…
By Micah McCartney* – Newsweek China’s economy is decelerating after decades of rapid growth, saddled with deflation, low consumer confidence, and a yearslong property-market slump. This has prompted many economists to draw parallels between the world’s second-largest economy…
By Eddy Wax – POLITICO On the eve of the EU election, France’s National Rally party sees it as too risky to team up with Alternative for Germany. BRUSSELS — Just as Europe’s far right is poised to make big gains in next month’s EU election, a spat between two of its most…
