Western Sahara: Three Wrong Turns the World Must Not Take
At the end of April the United Nations Security Council returns to a file it has been unable to close for more than three...
Epstein Files Audit and the Fight for Real Transparency
The Justice Department watchdog’s review of the Epstein files should not be treated as routine bureaucracy. It is a direct test of whether the...
Why will China not take the bullet for Iran?
Largely unknown in the outside world, Iran is generally regarded by China’s foreign policy experts and strategic affairs community as a “twin brother” of...
The State of Seychelles-Russia Relations
With rising uncertainty and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East due to the United States-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Vladimir...
The U.S. Lost Hungary But The Interference Continues
After 16 years in power, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered a massive defeat in Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary election. Many observers have described the...
A defining week in Africa: between moral voice, political tensions, and economic reality
Africa has shown itself in the past week again as a continent of dramatic contrasts, in which moral leadership, political turmoil, and financial aspiration...
The Dangerous Radicalization of Japan
In the quiet coastal waters of the Taiwan Strait last week, a Japanese destroyer, the JS Ikazuchi, performed a maneuver that was less about...
ASEAN pushes Myanmar on political prisoners as Suu Kyi welfare draws renewed concern
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, led this year by the Philippines, has renewed calls for Myanmar’s military authorities to release more political prisoners,...
Ceasefire Extension Masks a Wider Power Struggle as Trump Signals Long Game with Iran
The current crisis sits at the intersection of multiple overlapping conflicts involving Israel, Lebanon, and Iran. What began as a regional escalation involving Israeli...
What Is Better for the State of Israel: Miserable Palestinians or Dignified Citizens?
A conflict that has lasted nearly eight decades may require an approach different from the recurring cycles of war that all parties have pursued....