Middle East & Africa
Manufactured Famines in Gaza Began Almost Two Decades Ago, So Why Haven’t They Been Halted?
On Friday, August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the global famine watchdog, declared widespread famine in Gaza. The IPC is regarded...
SCO 2025: China and Egypt Push Shanghai Spirit Principles on Global Stage
Egypt is a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization “SCO” 2025 at Tianjin, China. More and more countries are applying to join the...
Egypt’s support for implementing China’s Global Development Initiative
Egypt’s strong support for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) spirit in Tianjin, China, 2025, and its tremendous support for the China-led and supported global...
Egypt’s PM in China: How Cairo’s SCO Role Intersects with Gaza Crisis
Egypt's official participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, was witnessed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, who attended and...
Scars of Betrayal: Assyrians Continue to Feel Uncertainty from the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Assyrians are one of the oldest continuously documented ethnic groups in history today. Their presence dates to the initial stages of human civilization and...
Between Fragility and Reset: The Future of Iran–Pakistan Relations
Iran and Pakistan have long occupied an uneasy space in one another’s strategic calculus, linked by geography yet divided by history, ideology, and external...
“Never Again”, But for Whom and Where?
After World War II, Europe launched a moral and identity-based project grounded in the imperative of “learning from history.” This involved remembrance of the...
Militias and the Politics of Survival: Lessons from Iraq
This November, Iraqis will once again head to the polls for parliamentary elections. Yet the outcome will be shaped less by formal parties than...
Japan-Africa: Indivisible Knot for Accelerating Trade and Development
Japan has one combined distinctive goal on the African agenda—investment, trade, and development. This was indicated explicitly in most all speeches and presentations at...
Right to Peace in Ethiopia: Constitutional Promises and Tigrayan Realities
The Ethiopian Constitution of 1995, adopted during the EPRDF and framed as a foundation for a democratic federation, places peace at the center of...