European Governments under Pressure to Do More for Refugees
The flood of refugees into Europe in recent years has led to the collapse of the continent’s screening and reception process, according to Filippo...
Testing Prince Mohammed’s pledge to return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s vow to return his kingdom to a moderate interpretation of Islam could be put to the test by...
Iran: Protests and threat of renewed sanctions focus economic thinking
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears in the wake of recent anti-government protests to have put his weight behind President Hasan Rouhani’s repeated...
Imagining a Shared ASEAN: New memories, old wounds
Bangkok – Imagining peace is a noble concept but what does it take to achieve it?
Where does peace begin?
In modern day Southeast Asia, this...
Disasters sweep world while Trump scorns global warming … and grows an inch!
The presidential tweet scorning climate change, namely "We could do with some of that climate change here," after severe blizzards hit the U.S. east...
Iran at the top of the new regional order
Syria's field developments have practically changed regional equilibrium, as analysts today report the new regional order in Western Asia.
The fact is that the victory...
Whither Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘moderate’ Islam?
Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic form of Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism raises questions about the...
From Russia with Love: Will Mexico be Putin’s Next Guinea Pig?
Next July 2018, Mexico will elect over 3000 public posts all over the country, including a new president, members of the Congress, local officials...
Where is America’s common sense in foreign affairs?
In 2000, the United States was evidently at the apogee of its power, exercising an unparalleled ascendancy around the globe. Yet, in the face...
India-US bonhomie: Time for a reality check
The ongoing India-US rapprochement has been couched in terms of a pact between the “two largest democracies in the world” and similar superlatives. While...