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Who fears the truth? The lawfare campaign to silence Francesca Albanese

Who fears the truth? The lawfare campaign to silence Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese has become one of the most polarising figures in contemporary diplomacy, not because she commands armies or signs treaties, but...

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Israel is trying to rewrite history – and British institutions risk helping them do it

Israel is trying to rewrite history – and British institutions risk helping them do it

Israel is trying to rewrite ancient history. In Palestine, Israel has systematically destroyed ancient heritage and made colonial land grabs of...

yesterday 100

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Dr Marchella Ward

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the Limits of Islamist Electoral Politics

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the Limits of Islamist Electoral Politics

The recent electoral performance of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has revived an old debate: are Islamists structurally incapable of winning national...

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Hammadurrahman

The Gaza Technocratic Committee will fail. Why?

The Gaza Technocratic Committee will fail. Why?

It is clear that the current situation in Gaza, and what is being planned for the post-war period, goes beyond temporary administrative arrangements....

yesterday 100

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Tamer Ajrami

Objective Fallacy: Eulogies on the Passing of the Law Based International Order

The eulogies are starting to wear thin.  The lamented passing of the rules and law-based order only makes sense to those who believed that such rules...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Munich 2026 faces Gaza’s unanswered call for justice

At the Munich Security Conference 2026, beneath glittering chandeliers and tight security, diplomacy moved to script — until one question broke it....

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Saving Halmahera Island in Indonesia from Israeli investment

Despite cultivating a global reputation as a defender of Palestinian rights, Indonesia has approved a geothermal concession on Halmahera, a forested...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Lawsuit before the Constitutional Court in Germany against arms exports to Israel fails

Lawsuit before the Constitutional Court in Germany against arms exports to Israel fails

The Federal Constitutional Court, the highest Court in Germany, has spoken. That sentence is the centre of gravity. It signals judicial restraint. It...

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Marla Karnabach

Government dealt a blow: Highest court deems Palestine Action ban unlawful

Government dealt a blow: Highest court deems Palestine Action ban unlawful

In a moment that exposed the flimsy nature of the government narrative, Keir Starmer’s government suffered a resounding blow from the UK Supreme...

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Adnan Hmidan

Indonesia’s 8,000: Can stabilisation proceed without normalisation?

Indonesia’s 8,000: Can stabilisation proceed without normalisation?

Gaza has become a scar on the conscience of the international system. With more than 72,000 Palestinians reported killed and over 1.9 million...

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Has Washington come to its senses in Iraq?

Has Washington come to its senses in Iraq?

Twenty-three years after the invasion of Iraq, Washington seems to have suddenly regained its senses — or worse, to be a detached observer of a...

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Karam Nama

France’s censorship of voices calling out international complicity with genocide

France’s censorship of voices calling out international complicity with genocide

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has once again been targeted, this time by French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot,...

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Ramona Wadi

Why Iran–US talks in Oman matter for global nuclear security

Why Iran–US talks in Oman matter for global nuclear security

The resumption of Iran–US nuclear negotiations in Oman represents a pivotal moment for global nuclear safety. The airstrikes on Iranian nuclear...

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Anam Murad Khan

IMEC vs INSTC: The emerging battle over Middle Eastern energy corridors

IMEC vs INSTC: The emerging battle over Middle Eastern energy corridors

The Middle East is no longer merely a producer of energy; it is fast becoming the epicentre of a new geopolitical contest over corridors, connectivity...

friday 40

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Iran is not Iraq and it is definitely not Venezuela

Iran is not Iraq and it is definitely not Venezuela

Once again, a familiar pattern is playing out in US-Iran tensions: one side talks of diplomacy paired with threats of force. And when Washington...

friday 40

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Muhammad Azhar Mohamad

Mr President: Do not relinquish Somalia’s future, let the constitutional process continue

friday 6

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Suleiman Bashir Mohamed

Beyond Oslo: Engineering a new reality in Palestine

friday 20

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

The choice between freedom and death: Why the resistance does not seek validation from the idle

The choice between freedom and death: Why the resistance does not seek validation from the idle
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Adnan Hmidan

Khartoum wake-up call, how Riyadh will stabilise Sudan

Khartoum wake-up call, how Riyadh will stabilise Sudan
12.02.2026 10

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Australia should not provide a platform for Israel’s security narrative

Australia should not provide a platform for Israel’s security narrative
12.02.2026 20

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Ramona Wadi

Greece: Shipwreck raises questions over Europe’s border enforcement model

Greece: Shipwreck raises questions over Europe’s border enforcement model
12.02.2026 10

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Tatiana Svorou

Iran at 47: An anniversary or an obituary?

Iran at 47: An anniversary or an obituary?
12.02.2026 10

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Gathering in shame to honour the US President

Gathering in shame to honour the US President
12.02.2026 10

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Ciaran Tierney

The Kurdish Question: A left-wing vision

The Kurdish Question: A left-wing vision
11.02.2026 10

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Rezgar Akrawi

Kuwait should go beyond oil in Indonesia

Kuwait should go beyond oil in Indonesia
11.02.2026 20

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Pakistan’s blowback state: Generals, proxies, and the roots of terror

Pakistan’s blowback state: Generals, proxies, and the roots of terror
11.02.2026 20

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Junaid S. Ahmad

First Gaza, then the world: The global danger of Israeli exceptionalism

First Gaza, then the world: The global danger of Israeli exceptionalism
11.02.2026 20

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

The Gaza ceasefire – a cunning camouflage

The Gaza ceasefire – a cunning camouflage
11.02.2026 10

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Dr Chandra Muzaffar

A silent annexation swallows the West Bank while attention turns to Iran, why?

A silent annexation swallows the West Bank while attention turns to Iran, why?
11.02.2026 10

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Tamer Ajrami

Two scorpions in a jar: How Trump and Netanyahu’s alliance became a cage

Two scorpions in a jar: How Trump and Netanyahu’s alliance became a cage
11.02.2026 20

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Bad Beginnings: The End of New START

Bad Beginnings: The End of New START
10.02.2026 30

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological buoyancy in Iran

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological buoyancy in Iran
10.02.2026 30

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The architecture of deceptions in the West Bank

The architecture of deceptions in the West Bank
10.02.2026 30

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Egypt and Turkey: A summit of arrangements and strategic gains

Egypt and Turkey: A summit of arrangements and strategic gains
10.02.2026 30

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Mahmoud Hassan

Islamic Revolution: 47 years of history, achievement, and permanent siege

Islamic Revolution: 47 years of history, achievement, and permanent siege
09.02.2026 30

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Sayid Marcos Tenório

Pax Judaica and the unravelling of the international world order

Pax Judaica and the unravelling of the international world order
09.02.2026 20

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Syed Ahmed Ali

No one welcomes the occupation of Iran, but the fall of the regime is another matter

No one welcomes the occupation of Iran, but the fall of the regime is another matter
09.02.2026 20

Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

Made-for-Israel Wars: America’s Dangerous Habit of Forgetting

Made-for-Israel Wars: America’s Dangerous Habit of Forgetting
09.02.2026 30

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Jamal Kanj

Jeffrey Epstein is plural: An autopsy of the liberal world order

Jeffrey Epstein is plural: An autopsy of the liberal world order
08.02.2026 40

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Dr. Zarqa Parvez

Indonesia’s vice foreign minister visits Egypt: Key takeaways

Indonesia’s vice foreign minister visits Egypt: Key takeaways
08.02.2026 20

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Mandelson scandal and Britain’s recurring failure of judgement

The Mandelson scandal and Britain’s recurring failure of judgement
08.02.2026 20

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Epstein and the quiet financing of occupation

Epstein and the quiet financing of occupation
07.02.2026 40

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Ismail Salahuddin

Iran’s protests and the question of external involvement

Iran’s protests and the question of external involvement
07.02.2026 30

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Jenny Williams

One Sphere? Not in the Middle East

One Sphere? Not in the Middle East
07.02.2026 40

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Eko Ernada

Trump’s five impossible demands, and the inevitable second strike against Iran

Trump’s five impossible demands, and the inevitable second strike against Iran
07.02.2026 30

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Gaza’s Rafah gate opens under tight Israeli restrictions

Gaza’s Rafah gate opens under tight Israeli restrictions
06.02.2026 30

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Ranjan Solomon

Brazil’s Lula: No Peace Council without Palestinians and Gaza must be the priority

Brazil’s Lula: No Peace Council without Palestinians and Gaza must be the priority
06.02.2026 20

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Eman Abusidu

The Kiswah in Epstein’s world: Paedophilia, orientalism and power

The Kiswah in Epstein’s world: Paedophilia, orientalism and power
06.02.2026 20

Middle East Monitor

Mohammad Aaquib

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?
06.02.2026 30

Middle East Monitor

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Mandelson: Trapped in the Epstein web

Mandelson: Trapped in the Epstein web
06.02.2026 30

Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark