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Why stronger China-France ties are needed by both sides and the world
President Xi Jinping’s visit to France comes at the 60th anniversary of China-France relations. The January 27th joint communique between China and France 60...
Challenges Persist: Implementing U.S Democracy in the Middle East
Introspecting the Middle East, one can observe that this region represents a curse for any attempts to root Western democracy in it, particularly American...
Iraq’s “Development Road”: Rough Terrain Ahead
Meeting in Baghdad on April 22, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia‘ al-Sudani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the latter making his first visit...
It’s Not Biden V. Trump For America It’s Life V. Death For The Planet
Both of the major parties in the United States have now officially declared “presumptive” presidential candidates for the 2024 election. It has never been...
In Yemen, despite 2 years of truce, the education crisis continues
Right now, violence and turmoil worldwide are having a devastating impact on children’s education. In Gaza, no child has been in school for over...
Veto Sparks Space Diplomacy
In the ever-evolving arena of international diplomacy, recent events at the United Nations have brought to light a critical impasse: Russia's veto of a...
Macron’s Sorbonne II speech: A Machiavellian Moment for Europe?
Emmanuel Macron's Sorbonne II speech indeed marked a pivotal moment for Europe, one that echoed Machiavellian principles in its strategic depth and political maneuvering....
Nuclear Command Authority and the U.S. Presidential Election
“The terrible ifs accumulate.” Winston Churchill
An Overlooked “If”
Until the eleventh hour of his incoherent presidency, Donald J. Trump held effectively unchecked nuclear command authority....
Rafah: Make or break for Netanyahu?
An Israeli ground offensive in the southern Gazan enclave of Rafah is a question of when, not if.
Not because Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is...
Europe’s Exports to Former Soviet Republics are Helping Russia Beat Sanctions
Europe’s exports of weapons and "dual use" items to Russia have been banned since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This has ended...