Catching flack: Qatar’s Gaza mediation is a balancing act
A high-flyer at the center of efforts to negotiate temporary pauses and Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swaps, Qatar is catching flack for its relationship with Hamas...
The Straussian Character of Post-Soviet Russian Statecraft
The behaviour of post-Soviet Russian statecraft is poorly understood in the Western world. Long gone is the age of clever Kremlinologists —men like George...
Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’
The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights...
Future of Arab-Israel Relations
There have been worries expressed regarding the possible collapse of regional peace initiatives involving Israel and its Arab neighbors, especially Saudi Arabia, following the...
From tradition to triumph: China’s path to modernization and global leadership
Chinese President Xi Jinping once remarked that Chinese modernization is "both the most difficult and the greatest" task in the history owing to the...
How China and Russia cancel IMEC and Ben Gurion Port Project
The Al-Aqsa Flood operation, led by the Hamas movement in the face of the Israeli occupation, comes primarily in the interest of China and...
EU’s Pivotal Steps Toward Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia: A Personal Perspective on the Region’s Historic Shift
It is impossible for me not to write about Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia and the EU's decision to bring them closer to Europe. My...
Hamas maneuvering complicates efforts to secure new prisoner swaps
Israel wasn’t slamming the door on renewed indirect prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas when it this week barred David Barnea, the head of Mossad,...
A Living Substantive Democracy: Ideological Battle in Australia’s Political Parties on Health Political Promises
Healthcare is one of the strategic issues that is paid attention to by the state and government. Moreover, after the world was hit by...
Visit of Xi Jinping to Vietnam -Takeaways
Chinese president and party general secretary Xi Jinping visited Vietnam for two days(Dec 12-13) where he had extensive discussions with the top brass of...