Trumpism and the naked reality of power politics
Power, rather than principle, remains the only enduring truth in the world of politics and ...
Gaza is not a real estate fantasy
By any measure, Gaza’s devastation demands urgent and serious reconstruction. Homes, hospitals, schools, farms, cultural ...
Al-Sharaa checkmates the SDF and Washington still wins
Recent fighting between the Syrian military and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Kurdish-led group ...
Peace boards and technocrats won’t stem out Palestinian resistance
Last week, just as Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip intensified, United States presidential envoy ...
In Iran, the US-Israeli addiction to hybrid warfare is on ...
In the nuclear age, the United States has to refrain from all-out war since it ...
Afghan Taliban rule and regional insecurity
Despite repeated claims by the Afghan Taliban rulers that they are stabilising Afghanistan and placing ...
Israel’s ban on NGOs operating in Gaza will be devastating
I work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organisation that has been ...
Trump is right. Europe is in crisis
After years of public criticism directed at Europe, US President Donald Trump put together a ...
Integration of armed factions remains one of Syria’s biggest challenges
When Syria’s civil conflict ended in December 2024 with the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, ...
Why Trump’s regime-change playbook won’t work in Iran
President Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States was “locked and loaded” if Iran’s security ...