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By Jeremy Konyndyk* – Foreign Affairs How Weak Humanitarian Diplomacy Abetted a Cataclysm October 13, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S.

By Mehmet Ozalp* – The Conversation The forgotten Syrian civil war has again flared up with the spectacular capture of Aleppo by opposition forces. A complex set of circumstances created the right time for rebels to strike, plunging Syria into an uncertain future and catching…

By Harold James* – Project Syndicate US President-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda, if enacted, will inevitably sow the seeds of a new wave of discontent, protest, and conspiracy theorizing. A similar dynamic took hold in the USSR in the decade leading up to its collapse…

By Lim Teck Ghee*- Eurasia Review As the two wars in Ukraine and Gaza grind to a halt and uneasy peace, who are winners and losers; and what are the lessons that the world can take away from the war and aftermath. First there are no victors amongs the combatants – not military…

By Thalif Deen* – Inter Press Service (IPS) UNITED NATIONS – John Bolton a former US ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006) once infamously declared that if the 39-storeyed UN Secretariat building in New York “lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.” That…

By Tania Krämer | Felix Tamsut – Deutsche Welle Israel’s government has ordered officials to boycott the Haaretz newspaper and is also putting pressure on the public broadcaster Kan over their perceived critical reporting of the Israel-Hamas war. On Sunday (November 24)…

By William Decourt* and  Spenser Warren* – Africa Is a Country* Western missteps in Africa are creating an opening for Russia to deepen its influence. Recent protests against International Monetary Fund (IMF)-imposed austerity measures have rocked several African states.

By Gaddam Dharmendra* – Observer Research Foundation* In recent weeks, the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been compelled to cope with mounting challenges on multiple fronts, and typically, the Iranians have responded with their penchant and affinity to indulge in…

By Bilal Saab* – The Guardian Hezbollah is still armed and has the potential to attack Israel. But more significantly it has in effect abandoned Hamas Now that the dust has settled, quite literally, following the ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel, it is crucial to…

By Kizito Makoye – InDepthNews DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania  –  A 17-year-old Adebi* recalls how her life changed forever after the war that tore through the walls of her house in Northwest Cameroon in 2019, leaving indelible scars in the way she never imagined. “Some men…