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Israel-Palestine Issue: Role of the United Nations
The declared objective of establishing the United Nations Organization was to prevent wars and conflicts among states. However, the achievement of this noble objective...
Is the U.S. Losing Its Clout?
Delegates to the UN are generally referred to as diplomats. But, in the wake of the vote condemning the U.S. decision on Jerusalem, one...
Central Asia’s Terrorist Groups Joined to the Jihad Against the US After Jerusalem Declared
Terrorist groups from Central Asia reacted strongly to the statement by the US President Donald Trump on the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital...
General Assembly demands all States comply with UN resolutions regarding status of Jerusalem
By an overwhelming majority, Member States in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday “demanded” that all countries comply with Security Council resolutions regarding...
The Killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh – Is Peace in Yemen Possible?
Based on remarks at a 19 December 2017 NUS Middle East Institute seminar
The Middle East being the Middle East, everything is interrelated. What happens...
Trading Jerusalem for Iran
US president Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem potentially sets the stage for a controversial American effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict backed by...
Donald Trump’s Jerusalem Move Scuttles Middle East Peace Process
US President Donald Trump is notorious for taking widely infamous and clearly dangerous policy decisions driven by ego-centrism and parochialism, the latest addition being...
A World Of Denial
We live in a world of denial: The Burmese deny the Rohingya; they call them Bengali even though they have lived in Burma for...
Arab anger: Governments and protesters walk a fine line
A little noticed subtext to furious protests across the Middle East and North Africa against US President Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as...
The ‘Why’ Of the Embassy Move to Jerusalem: ‘Nose to Nose With a Con Man’
The Jerusalem story is the centerpiece of news this week. Donald Trump and Mike Pence, an evangelical, in favor of moving the embassy and...