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Pillay’s defiance, Sharif’s disgrace: The prize, the praise, and the politics of prostration

Pillay’s defiance, Sharif’s disgrace: The prize, the praise, and the politics of prostration

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has exposed two political universes: a South Africa that defies imperial power and Israeli impunity, and a nuclear-armed...

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Junaid S. Ahmad

Waffling at the UN: OpenAI, Anthropic and Selling Artificial Intelligence

Waffling at the UN: OpenAI, Anthropic and Selling Artificial Intelligence

They are a trying lot, spruiking their overvalued, loss-making firms, sowing discord and fear, and then seeking state collaboration that will serve to...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

When a Threat Alone Moves a Superpower’s Bombers

When a Threat Alone Moves a Superpower’s Bombers

On Sunday, Oct. 4, every American B-1 bomber at RAF Fairford lifted off and flew home. Twelve aircraft, the backbone of the only forward bomber base...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Iraq cannot restore its sovereignty by disarming militias alone

Iraq cannot restore its sovereignty by disarming militias alone

Iraq is approaching a decisive test of its sovereignty. Following the end of the US-led coalition’s military mission in federal Iraq on 30 September...

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Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

Political failure, not economic shock, unmasks Iraq

Political failure, not economic shock, unmasks Iraq

The grievance-laden rhetoric delivered by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi before parliament is a transparent attempt to package a systemic...

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Karam Nama

The Palestinian election dilemma

The Palestinian election dilemma
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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Naza and whose testimony we believe

Naza and whose testimony we believe
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Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan

In a genocidal state, even Netanyahu is seen as ‘too pro-Palestine’

In a genocidal state, even Netanyahu is seen as ‘too pro-Palestine’
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Muhammad Azhar Mohamad

From Aramco to ACWA Power: How Saudi Arabia is redrawing its map of energy influence

From Aramco to ACWA Power: How Saudi Arabia is redrawing its map of energy influence
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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Indonesians must boycott pro-Israel singer Andrea Bocelli’s concert at Borobudur

Indonesians must boycott pro-Israel singer Andrea Bocelli’s concert at Borobudur
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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Board of Peace’s commitment is tied to Israeli colonialism

The Board of Peace’s commitment is tied to Israeli colonialism
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Ramona Wadi

7th October: The earthquake that put Palestine back at the centre of the world

7th October: The earthquake that put Palestine back at the centre of the world
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Tamer Ajrami

Don’t argue about what Zionism is; look at what it does

Don’t argue about what Zionism is; look at what it does
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Ibrahim Hewitt

The lists are growing: Will Israel finally pay a price?

The lists are growing: Will Israel finally pay a price?
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Dr Ramzy Baroud

The shadow of Balfour: Confronting a century of selective memory

The shadow of Balfour: Confronting a century of selective memory
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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Guterres in Islamabad: Genocide, cowardice, and the cage of Imran Khan

Guterres in Islamabad: Genocide, cowardice, and the cage of Imran Khan
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Junaid S. Ahmad

Israel and Indonesian vice president Gibran prove the powerful can break rules and walk free

Israel and Indonesian vice president Gibran prove the powerful can break rules and walk free
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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Flavio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead in Brazil alarms Palestine supporters

Flavio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead in Brazil alarms Palestine supporters
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Eman Abusidu

Three years of genocide: How America’s Israel-First media filtered out the truth

Three years of genocide: How America’s Israel-First media filtered out the truth
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Jamal Kanj

Flying scared: The evacuation of US bombers from RAF Fairford

Flying scared: The evacuation of US bombers from RAF Fairford
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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Zionism, apartheid and genocide: The argument the world can no longer avoid

Zionism, apartheid and genocide: The argument the world can no longer avoid
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Amjad Alqasis

Why is oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz increasing — and how might Iran respond?

Why is oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz increasing — and how might Iran respond?
06.10.2026 60

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Mohammad Amin Ahmadi

When diplomacy aligns with the defunct

When diplomacy aligns with the defunct
06.10.2026 60

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Ramona Wadi

Three years after Al-Aqsa Flood and the obligation to defend Palestine

Three years after Al-Aqsa Flood and the obligation to defend Palestine
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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Pakistan’s Mecca Pact: The guns Gaza never got

Pakistan’s Mecca Pact: The guns Gaza never got
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Junaid S. Ahmad

Two straits, one pact: what Makkah can and cannot protect

Two straits, one pact: what Makkah can and cannot protect

Two months. That’s how long the Makkah pact has existed, and already it’s being asked to do the thing pacts are least ready for in their early...

05.10.2026 60

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Mansoor Qaisar

The architecture of Oman’s energy power: Resources, ports and global partnerships

The architecture of Oman’s energy power: Resources, ports and global partnerships

At Duqm, Kuwait holds a stake in refining and product-export capacity outside the Strait of Hormuz, while European partners envisage a departure point...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Perilous surrender: The Pentagon falls for artificial intelligence

Perilous surrender: The Pentagon falls for artificial intelligence

The trend was already tracing itself through the corridors of power, but the world’s most powerful defence department has fallen, most heavily, for...

05.10.2026 70

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Signing the protocol to surrender the world’s throne

Signing the protocol to surrender the world’s throne

When Donald Trump sat in the White House surrounded by Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Greg Brockman, and Dario Amodei, the...

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Karam Nama

The US Primaries: What They Reveal About November

The US Primaries: What They Reveal About November

Foreign policy is rarely the principal factor shaping how Americans vote in congressional primaries or midterm elections. The 2026 cycle, however,...

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

What Indonesia’s new foreign minister must do in the Middle East

What Indonesia’s new foreign minister must do in the Middle East

On October 1, President Prabowo Subianto named Arrmanatha Nasir as Indonesia’s new foreign minister. Unlike Sugiono, the politician he replaces,...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Why Afghanistan is becoming a pressure point for Pakistan’s Middle East ambitions

Why Afghanistan is becoming a pressure point for Pakistan’s Middle East ambitions

When Russia convenes the Moscow Format on 5 October, the worsening confrontation between Pakistan and the Taliban will be among the issues on the...

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Ahmad Shakib Bakhshi

Ending the war requires accepting Iran in the Middle East

Ending the war requires accepting Iran in the Middle East

The hardest question about ending the war with Iran belongs in Washington. What place can Iran occupy after the fighting stops? A country left...

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Mahdi Niksefat Motlagh

From Barakah to Masdar: The architecture of the UAE’s new energy leverage

From Barakah to Masdar: The architecture of the UAE’s new energy leverage

For decades, the United Arab Emirates’ energy standing was measured primarily by its capacity to produce and export oil. That baseline remains...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Iran’s new Hezbollah strategy is about survival, not victory

Iran’s new Hezbollah strategy is about survival, not victory

On 1 October, Iran sent a senior delegation to southern Lebanon that included Brigadier General Hossein Yekta, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

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Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

Withdrawal and non-withdrawal: The naivete of comparing Iraq to Afghanistan

Withdrawal and non-withdrawal: The naivete of comparing Iraq to Afghanistan

The prevailing media tendency to draw parallels between the exit of U.S. forces from Iraq and the humiliating, chaotic collapse in Afghanistan reveals...

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Karam Nama

Türkiye’s Message to the Middle East: Security Requires Peace

Türkiye’s Message to the Middle East: Security Requires Peace

The Middle East needs a future in which security is shared and disputes are settled through diplomacy. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s address to...

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Egemen Bağış

Trivialising memory with gratuitous gratitude

Trivialising memory with gratuitous gratitude

From scant details reported on the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’s meeting with UN...

01.10.2026 80

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Ramona Wadi

A shield, not a sword: what the Makkah pact’s first test reveals

A shield, not a sword: what the Makkah pact’s first test reveals

On Wednesday, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave the Makkah alliance its clearest public definition yet. Opening the new session of the Shura...

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Mansoor Qaisar

Why Indonesians should boycott the Israel & New Breed concert in Jakarta

Why Indonesians should boycott the Israel & New Breed concert in Jakarta

On 24 October, the American gospel singer Israel Houghton plans to perform in Jakarta with his band, Israel & New Breed. Reports say tickets are...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Denial as a way of life: Netanyahu on Egyptian warnings about 7th October

Denial as a way of life: Netanyahu on Egyptian warnings about 7th October

Things are looking bleaker by the day for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, most notably for his standing as a competent leader in full...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Americans are paying the price to preserve Israel’s nuclear hegemony

Americans are paying the price to preserve Israel’s nuclear hegemony

Since the start of the latest made-for-Israel war, Donald Trump and his surrogates have repeatedly promised Americans that it would be few weeks and...

01.10.2026 80

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Jamal Kanj

How Israel destabilizes the Middle East: From denying sovereignty to denying the right to exist

How Israel destabilizes the Middle East: From denying sovereignty to denying the right to exist

Israel’s pursuit of security increasingly rests on a destabilizing proposition: that its neighbours become less threatening when their capacity to...

01.10.2026 90

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Buğra Sarı

Israeli circus in the UN General Assembly

Israeli circus in the UN General Assembly

The Israeli occupation leadership has long been accustomed to staging bizarre spectacles on some of the world’s most prominent international...

01.10.2026 90

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Hossam Shaker

How Gaza’s genocide is reshaping U.S. domestic politics

How Gaza’s genocide is reshaping U.S. domestic politics

To claim that Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza has fundamentally changed the internal politics of the United States and the wider world might be an...

01.10.2026 80

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

While Gaza dominates the UN, these are the people keeping it alive

While Gaza dominates the UN, these are the people keeping it alive

When I first saw footage of Gaza doctor Munir al-Bursh and his family kneeling beside the white-shrouded body of his son, surrounded by mourners, I...

30.09.2026 70

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Takfirism or J.Lo: The theology of regime survival

Takfirism or J.Lo: The theology of regime survival

For years, Mohammed bin Salman appeared determined to prove that Saudi Arabia could be modernized by exchanging the stern face of clerical authority...

30.09.2026 80

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Junaid S. Ahmad

Sudan’s strategic role in the Red Sea

The recent period witnessed considerable instability in the Red Sea; the Houthis repeatedly imposed a blockade on this crucial international trade...

30.09.2026 70

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Mohamed Suliman

Abbas’s UNGA speech omits important historical realities

Abbas’s UNGA speech omits important historical realities

When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned of a greater danger than threats to the two-state politics during his UNGA prerecorded...

29.09.2026 80

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Ramona Wadi

Iraq’s energy paradox: Oil power, electricity vulnerability

Iraq’s energy paradox: Oil power, electricity vulnerability

Holding roughly 145 billion barrels of proved crude reserves, Iraq ranks among the world’s major petroleum powers, yet its electricity system still...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi