The Demise of the Two-State Solution: The Assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte
After World War II, the UN Partition Plan and Israel’s unilateral declaration of independence, a Swedish diplomat and aristocrat, Count Folke Bernadotte, was appointed...
The Boao Forum: Shared future amid trade headwinds
Scheduled for March 25 to 28, the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) will take place in South China's Hainan province, amid a historical moment...
Duterte’s rendition, PH political turmoil and the ICC’s dilemma
In the Senate’s much-anticipated Duterte detention hearing on Thursday, Senator Imee Marcos, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, interviewed the key cabinet members of...
The Drug Crisis Duterte Inherited
On March 11, 2025, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the Philippine National Police and Interpol on the basis of an International...
Was October 7 Avoidable?
A day after October 7, Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer said that the “massive attacks by Hamas leadership into Israel … is no less than...
B’Tselem in the Crosshairs: Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel
In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023,...
Unsurprisingly, US Economic Prospects Take a Negative Turn
Barely 2 weeks ago, US economy seemed resilient, but that was then. Although Trump tariffs have barely taken off, several indicators are now raising...
Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs of Trade Destruction
Last week, President Trump tasked his economic team with devising plans for “reciprocal tariffs” on every country taxing US imports. Designed in part as...
American tariff wars worsen global economic prospects
After the first Trump tariffs targeted the big US trade partners – Mexico, Canada and China – tariff threats are shifting from steel and...
Netanyahu’s Quest to Attack Iran with the ‘Mother of all Bombs’
In a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “finish the job” against Iran with...