Middle East & Africa
Can You Recognize a State That Doesn’t Exist?
On December 26, 2025, a long-lasting equilibrium in the Horn of Africa is disturbed by Israel becoming the first UN member to recognize Somaliland,...
A Convergence of Interests: Inside the Israel-Somaliland Gambit for Recognition
Abstract: The article explores the changing story of Israel and Somaliland in the prismatic complexities of historical legality, strategic realignment, and modern recognition politics...
China Slams Israeli Plan to Recognize Somaliland for Palestinian Relocation
On December 26, 2025, Israel officially recognized Somaliland, also known as “Somaliland,” as an independent state. This move was seen as a prelude to...
Navigating the New Frontier: SDF-State Relations in Post-Revolutionary Syria
The post-revolutionary period in Syria has been a subject of regional security discussions, with one of the most complex governance and security issues in...
AFCON 2025: Sports Geostrategy as Morocco’s Strategic Signature
The organization of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations by the Kingdom of Morocco cannot be read as a mere event-driven sequence within the...
Sudan: CNN and Lighthouse Reports publish evidence of SAF ethnically motivated atrocities
CNN has reported that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias have carried out a campaign of ethnically targeted killings in Sudan’s Gezira...
The China-Egypt Partnership: A Blueprint for South-South Cooperation
We know that Egypt and China belong to the developing countries of the Global South, and this will strengthen the strategic partnership between them....
Can the Gaza Ceasefire Hold? Stakes, Challenges, and Scenarios
More than two months after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended two years of intense fighting in Gaza, both sides claim the other...
Peace on Paper: How M23 Is Building a State Within Congo
In current day Rwanda, hundreds of men and women sit in rows in a wooden hall near Rutshuru, deep in eastern Congo. They have...
United States Congress Pushing for AGOA Extension
After the expiry of the bilateral agreement on trade, the US Congress, as well as African leaders, highly recognizing its significance, have been pursuing...