Underreported Genocide: Rohingya Under Arakan Army Propaganda – OpEd
Overlooked Global Conflicts Many ongoing conflicts around the world are receiving limited media coverage, with global attention focused predominantly on the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas...
View ArticlePower To The People: How The EU’s Energy Transition Can Help Fight The...
By Szymon Kardaś What a difference five years makes In 2019, Ursula von der Leyen began her first mandate as European Commission president during a period of remarkable public and political support...
View ArticleThe UN’s In-Built Anti-Israel Majority – OpEd
It has been a dispiriting time, these past few days, watching a succession of world leaders parrot to the UN General Assembly misinformation, half-truths and downright lies emanating from the...
View ArticleCan American Federalism Survive Global De-Dollarization? – Analysis
By Daniel Kowalski “Money does not grow on trees” is an old expression of wisdom that seems to have been disregarded by 21st century American policymakers. People all over the world and throughout...
View ArticleNo, Maduro Did Not Become A Capitalist When He Turned Into A Dictator – OpEd
By Marcos Falcone In recent months, Venezuela has been in the world’s spotlight, unfortunately for bad reasons. Despite international pressure, dictator Nicolás Maduro refused to concede even after it...
View ArticleWhat Does The New Russian Nuclear Doctrine Mean? – Analysis
By Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash On 25 September, in the biannual standing conference on nuclear deterrence in Russia’s Security Council, President Putin proposed changes to the “fundamentals of state...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Yoon’s Korean Unification Vision – Analysis
By Abhishek Sharma South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol unveiled a new unification vision during the country’s 79th Liberation Day anniversary on 15 August 2024, updating former presidentKim...
View ArticleHow Top Arms Exporters Have Responded To The War In Gaza – Analysis
By Zain Hussain Following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel launched an intensive military campaign in Gaza, with thestated aimsof destroying Hamas’s military and...
View ArticleYou Can Call Upon Allah Or Upon Ar-Rahman-Ha Rakhaman – OpEd
An ancient tablet discovered near the Palestinian city of Nablus may contain the earliest known mention of the Biblical name of God, YHVH "Yahweh" in proto-alphabetic Hebrew writing; according to...
View ArticleWhat Do Russia And Israel Share In Common? – OpEd
Russia is pursuing, during these contemporary times, a new form of economic architecture and simultaneously portraying military power in the world. While Russia stands against western hegemony and...
View ArticleIsraelis Threaten To Destroy Town Of Taraya In Bekaa
By Najia Houssari The Israeli military has threatened to destroy a town in Bekaa, believing it contains weapons that may be used by the Iran-backed Hezbollah. Mayors in the town of Taraya — Ali...
View ArticleWho Is Hashem Safieddine, The Senior Hezbollah Leader? – Analysis
By Frud Bezhan (RFE/RL) -- Hashem Safieddine is a cousin and potential successor to Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader assassinated by Israel. Safieddine, a senior figure inside Hezbollah, the...
View ArticleCardinal, Exorcists Have Differing Takes On ‘Cleansing’ Ritual Performed On...
By Walter Sánchez Silva A Mexican cardinal and three priests, two of them exorcists, have differing takes on the “cleansing” ritual that was performed during the inauguration of the country’s new...
View ArticlePakistan: Militant Ambushes, Bombing Kill 16 Soldiers
By Ayaz Gul Pakistan reported Saturday that multiple militant attacks killed at least 16 soldiers, with most of the casualties occurring in areas bordering Afghanistan. Authorities said that heavily...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Ex-MP Gets Eight-Year Sentence For Voicing Support For Former...
(Eurasianet) -- Nazim Baydamirli, a government critic and former member of Azerbaijani parliament, has received an eight-year prison term following conviction on extortion charges. He asserts his...
View ArticleAnother October, Another Mandate: Libya Remains Adrift – OpEd
By Hafed Al-Ghwell As the UN Security Council once again approached the quagmire that is Libya, the pervasive sense of deja vu is hard to ignore. The impending renewal of the mandate of the UN Support...
View ArticleBeijing’s South China Sea Ambitions Won’t Be Battered By China–Philippines...
By Jenny Balboa and Shinji Takenaka On 21 July 2024 the Philippines and China agreed on a ‘provisional arrangement’ that would allow the Philippines to deliver supplies to Filipino naval troops...
View ArticleJaishankar’s Hard Sell In Colombo – Analysis
The elephant in the room in Indo-Sri Lankan relations is China. The Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's parleys with Sri Lanka's new left-nationalist leaders on October 4 were cordial....
View ArticleCambodian Anti-Vietnamese Sentiment Will Stalk Hun Manet Beyond Trade Zone...
By David Hutt After months of disquiet, Prime Minister Hun Manet announced on Sept. 20 that Cambodia would be withdrawing from the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), a major...
View ArticleEscalation Of Israel-Iran Hostilities: Analyzing Cycle Of Retaliation,...
Introduction: The recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran, particularly since October 1, 2024, underscores a significant turning point in their protracted conflict, rooted in...
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