A Win for the Many: Mamdani, Populism, and the Future of Democracy
The year 2025 proved to be paradoxical, characterized by a convergence of both anxiety and awakening. With the return of authoritarian strongmen and the...
Tanzania’s 2025 Elections: AU and SADC Condemn Final Results
Women's empowerment was uniquely exemplified by voting for Samia Suluhu Hassan as the new president of the United Republic of Tanzania in late October...
The System Made Him Win: Mamdani, Capitalism and the Politics of Rent
Zohran Mamdani’s recent electoral win in New York was not a rupture - it was a reckoning. For many, his victory may have seemed...
From Jihadist Battlegrounds to the Oval Office: The Unlikely Journey of Syria’s Sharaa
Ahmed al-Sharaa has transitioned from being an al Qaeda militant to the president of Syria in a remarkable political journey, culminating in his anticipated...
“Uniting for peace”: Protecting Palestine’s civilians beyond diplomacy
Two months since the New York Declaration on the Two-State Resolution has been adopted and 1 month since the ceasefire deal between Israel and...
Illusion of Supremacy or Reality of Power: Why the U.S. Cannot Wage War on China
During the past several years, war scenarios and analyses issuing from Washington have hewed to a familiar but deceptively reassuring image of the future:...
The Perfect Storm That Is the Philippines
As typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi, internationally) left over 200 Filipinos dead while affecting nearly 2 million people, President Marcos Jr declared “a state of national...
Saudi Arabia’s Pre-Trump Gambit: Defining the Price for Ties with Israel
U. S. President Donald Trump has been optimistic about Saudi Arabia potentially normalizing relations with Israel, but this is unlikely to happen during Crown...
Afghanistan’s Betrayed Peace
The 2020 Doha Agreement set out a compact between the United States and the Taliban that was explicitly premised on reciprocal commitments: withdrawal of...
“Eyes on Sudan” Must Mean a Clear-eyed View of the SAF as Well as RSF Forces, and a Real Push for Peace
The social media hashtag #eyesonSudan has been trending in recent weeks, no doubt with the underlying message that Sudan deserves the same attention and...