Revisiting US-Morocco partnership: Security and development approach in the Sahel region
The US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration might be currently busy aligning foreign policy teams to deal with the wars raging in Ukraine and Gaza...
Europe finally has a heavyweight ambassador in Washington
A man who knows many of Europe’s leaders, he has devoted his adult life to arguing that the European Union needed more unity, more...
Trump’s Game, China’s Move
Who do I call when I want to talk to Europe? Kissinger once quipped highlighting the internal divides of the old continent. Today, he’d...
Weaponized Justice: Patterns of Repression in Russia
The Kremlin’s manipulation of Russia’s criminal justice system stands as a cornerstone of its strategy to suppress dissent, consolidate power, and maintain authoritarian control....
Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape
Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has become “a...
Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom
West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepares for pivotal elections in...
Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’
A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday issued an urgent plea for international support to alleviate the devastating toll of the ongoing war in...
Afghan Nationals to Obtain NOC to Stay in Islamabad Beyond 2024
In a major statement, Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Mohsin Naqvi said that from 31 December 2024, no Afghan national would be permitted to reside in...
The Middle East in Turmoil … Again
In Syria the rebels have won and Beshar al-Assad has been ousted. The Assads, father Hafez al-Assad and son Bashar ruled Syria consecutively for...
A Second Trump Administration has a Chance to Fix Previous Iran Mistakes
In the intricate web of Middle Eastern politics, few rivalries are as fraught or consequential as the long-standing, ideologically charged standoff between the United...