Middle East & Africa
Iran’s Nuclear Countdown: A Narrowing Window for Global Action
Iran’s nuclear breakout time — the period needed to produce weapons-grade uranium — has shrunk to mere days, signaling both rapid nuclear advancement and...
Displaced and Forsaken: How Trump and Netanyahu Deepen the Arab World’s Dilemma
With the inauguration of Trump’s second administration and Netanyahu’s continued aggressive stance against Palestine, their far-right alliance has become an existential threat to Palestinians...
Arabs Confront Washington and Tel Aviv with the Gaza Arab Plan
On Tuesday, March 4, leaders from several Arab countries gathered in Cairo to discuss the future of Gaza and to present an alternative proposal...
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...
Somaliland and the emerging Geopolitical alignment in Middle East and Horn of Africa
In the last century, the Westphalian nation system has redrawn the political cartography across various parts of the globe. Shaped by colonial legacies, it...
The Fuel Embargo on Tigray is a siege
Tigray is once again facing a calculated blockade—not through direct military assault, but through economic strangulation that threatens lives just as effectively as war....
U.S.-Africa Trade in the Trump Era: Challenges, Changes & the Road Ahead
In the context of rapidly changing geopolitical situation characterized by complexities and contradictions, majority of African countries are facing strained challenges with trade and...
How international actors should be alleviating the conflict in the DRC
After their last attack in 2012 in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed M23 forces launched a new...
Betrayed and Abandoned: The Starvation and Persecution of Ex-Tigrayan UN Peacekeepers in Sudan
In the vast and unforgiving deserts of eastern Sudan, in a place that few in the world have ever heard of, a humanitarian catastrophe...
The Geopolitical Case for UK Recognition of Moroccan Sovereignty over the Sahara
As the United Kingdom repositions itself on the global stage in the wake of Brexit, redefining foreign partnerships is not just an option -...