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Hamas Attack: It Wasn’t An “Intelligence Failure”
Withing hours after October 7, Israeli headlines told the story: “This is our 9/11.” In reality, the Hamas-Israel War is about ethnic cleansing coupled...
Unraveling the Red Sea Conundrum: Houthi Conflict and its Global Economic Ramifications
The Red Sea, a critical maritime route connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, holds immense strategic importance in the global economy. Its waters facilitate the...
Israel Hamas prisoner talks are mired by politics
One would think that heart wrenching images streaming out of the Gaza Strip suggest that Israel has Hamas over a barrel in stalled efforts...
Sahel: Africa’s Most Crisis-Prone Region
The Sahel is the semi-arid region of Africa, that separates the Sahara Desert to the north and Savannas to the south and stretches from...
What is China debating? To cooperate with Washington or to prepare for the struggle against US imperialism?
The transformation in America’s attitude towards the People’s Republic of China since the Trump-era has been described as ‘dramatic’ in political circles. In the...
Failure in Gaza: Biden and Netanyahu… Who will leave First?
New tension is emerging in U.S.-Israeli relations, manifested in the public calls by President Biden to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cease the...
Somalia’s 2023: A Year to Remember: From Arms Embargo Lift to Security and Economic Milestones
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and PM Hamza Abdi Barre’s tenure in 2023 can be regarded as a significant year of achievements for Somalia, reflecting...
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...
Shippers avoiding Red Sea transits after attacks, watching Suez Canal traffic
Shippers are diverting from Middle East transit routes in response to a growing number of drone attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of...
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,...