Middle East & Africa
Feeding Africa: Sanctions Make It Worse, Imports Don’t Help, What’s the Solution?
Today’s world is going through major transformations. Among the most sensitive issues remains the availability of food and the challenges tied to it. In...
Why did Blinken fail to reach an end to the war in Gaza?
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's fifth round did not achieve its stated goals of reaching a ceasefire in Gaza, despite the preparations, speculation,...
World Bank and IMF Working Towards Africa’s Sustainable Growth
Recent maneuvers have shown the International Monetary Bank (IMF) and the World Bank are taking fully-fledged advantage of the new economic architecture and the...
Morocco and South Africa: Skittish diplomatic relations
There has been a tense diplomatic situation between Morocco and South Africa recently. This disagreement has been observed on multiple occasions, with the latest...
Blinken finds a hardened political landscape as he tours the Middle East
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has found a hardened political landscape as he tours the Middle East for the fifth time since...
Consciously or Otherwise, the West Pushed Assyrians to Leave Their Ancestral Lands
Some argue that despite the fact that Assyrians are the indigenous people of northern Mesopotamia (northern Iraq, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey) their population...
PM Abiy’s Overture to Somalia and Egypt Amid Rising Regional Tensions
In a recent statement that has drawn the attention of the international community, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has sought to diminish the escalating...
The UAE is a bridge builder punching above its weight
In a world of divisions and disputes, being a bridge-builder is a premium attribute. Nowhere was this more apparent in 2023 than in the...
Saudi Arabia under the rule of Mohammad bin Salman
Under the de facto leadership of Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia, dubbed the "undisputed leader of the Middle East," has amassed the greatest...
Qatar’s Gaza war mediation may be a double-edged sword
Ron Halber, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, told the Washington gathering that the demonstrations were meant “to thank...