By Annelle Sheline* – Responsible Statecraft Tel Aviv seems emboldened now to fully settle the Palestinian territory, setting off a new refugee crisis, and more Following Donald Trump’s election victory, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told his staff to prepare to…
Leon* – Modern Diplomacy After decades of limited engagement, Latin America is regaining prominence in U.S. foreign policy, driven by mounting challenges such as immigration crises, escalating drug trafficking, and growing strategic competition with China. While this renewed…
By Anatol Lieven* – Responsible Statecraft Trump and other leaders reportedly discussed the plan but it’s a trial balloon that should be shot down immediately President-elect Trump is reportedly advancing the idea that a large and heavily armed peacekeeping force from Europe…
By Mitchell Plitnick* – Mondoweiss Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria with the support of the U.S. The goals are clear: take strategic land, render Syria defenseless for the future, and redraw the political map of the…
By Thomas Graham* – Council on Foreign Relations The flight of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to exile in Russia poses a major strategic challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Kremlin’s influence in Syria and the region should not be downplayed yet. The…
Harry Davies* – The Guardian Andrew Cayley, of the international criminal court, questioned reports used to justify Israeli military strikes Claims about the presence of Hamas fighters in hospitals in Gaza under siege by Israel’s military have been “grossly exaggerated”, a top…
Sachs* – Common Dreams American interference, at the behest of Netanyahu’s far-right Israel, has left the Middle East in ruins, with over a million dead and open wars raging in Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and with Iran on the brink of a nuclear arsenal…
By Emmaculate A Liaga* and Zenge Simakoloyi* – Institute for Security Studies ISS Africa How will Donald Trump’s second-term policies affect US relations with the continent? President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Angola – the first state visit by a United States (US)…
By Michael von der Schulenburg*- MEER How a reckless resolution risks escalating the Ukraine war into a global catastrophe On November 28, the European Parliament passed a second Ukraine resolution with the martial-sounding title “Strengthening the EU’s Unwavering Support for…
By Brian Winter* – Foreign Affairs Trump Will Disrupt Three Decades of “Benign Neglect” While traveling throughout Latin America in recent years, visitors heard the same refrain: Washington isn’t paying enough attention to the region. Business leaders, academics, and politicians…
