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…
By Giovanna Coi and Lucia Mackenzie – Politico Many of the millions of Syrians who have fled their county will question whether they can return, given the destruction and fears of continuing violence. Many of the more than 6 million Syrians who have fled their country since the…
By Hall Gardner* – MEER The unintended consequences of NATO enlargement In my discussion at the November 23-24 Yerevan Peace Conference, organized by Arthur Khachikian, I argued that Joe Biden and American officialdom completely missed the boat as to how NATO enlargement would…
By Paulo Aguiar – Geopolitical Monitor The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime represents a watershed moment in Middle Eastern politics. The rapid unraveling of the Assad government, a fixture in Syrian and regional affairs for over 50 years, was unthinkable for many, yet it…
By Alon Ben-Meir* – InDephtNews (IDN) Trump, who wants an end to the Israeli-Hamas war even before he reassumes the Presidency, must know that denying the Palestinian right to statehood and conceding further Palestinian land in the West Bank and Gaza to Israel is a recipe for…
By Imran Khalid* – Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) Trump’s threats don’t address the deeper problems facing U.S. manufacturing. Donald Trump, a man who never shied from bold declarations, has once again turned the global stage into a theater of economic brinkmanship. His…
By Arjun Vohra – Geopolitical Monitor The Sudan civil war has done more than devastate lives – it has dismantled the very systems that sustain them. Agriculture, once the backbone of the nation’s economy and a lifeline for millions, has been brought to its knees by years of…
By Amnesty International* – Scheerpost Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report…
