Gaza: why it’s difficult to reach a legal judgment of genocide against Israel

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…