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Supporting Israel’s security narrative puts aid workers at risk

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Ramona Wadi

The Epstein Files: Blackmail, power, and geopolitical shadows

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

UAE-Saudi Arabia contestation in Yemen conflict

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Dr Firmanda Taufiq

Israel’s is surreptitiously gaining control over East Jerusalem

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Ranjan Solomon

Gaza Holds a Mirror to the World

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Adnan Hmidan

The raging bull in the chinaware shop

The raging bull in the chinaware shop
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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Trump’s Gulf brinkmanship: Is the United States replaying the Cuban Missile Crisis with Iran?

Trump’s Gulf brinkmanship: Is the United States replaying the Cuban Missile Crisis with Iran?
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Muhammad Shahbaz Rajper

The SDF and the Assad regime: Parallels of self-inflicted collapse and cruelty

The SDF and the Assad regime: Parallels of self-inflicted collapse and cruelty
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Zaki Kaf Al-Ghazal

My response to a member of Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council on joining the Board of Peace

My response to a member of Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council on joining the Board of Peace
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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Between elephants and birds: The illusion of imperial invincibility

Between elephants and birds: The illusion of imperial invincibility
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Sayid Marcos Tenório

Weaponising America’s economy in the service of Israel

Weaponising America’s economy in the service of Israel
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Jamal Kanj

Marching orders for Zionist envoy from South Africa strike a blow against anarchists

Marching orders for Zionist envoy from South Africa strike a blow against anarchists
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Iqbal Jassat

Internal instability in Iran and noises of regime change

Internal instability in Iran and noises of regime change
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Dr Ismail Adaramola

Dooming the Chagos deal: The Diego Garcia dilemma

Dooming the Chagos deal: The Diego Garcia dilemma
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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Unleashing the spear: Why Hezbollah is joining the fray

Unleashing the spear: Why Hezbollah is joining the fray
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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Israel’s food crisis – blowback from the economic costs of perpetual war

Israel’s food crisis – blowback from the economic costs of perpetual war
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Ranjan Solomon

Gulf allies urge restraint as Washington weighs escalation

Gulf allies urge restraint as Washington weighs escalation
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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Washington’s bipartisan war on Iran did not begin with Gaza. Gaza exposed it

Washington’s bipartisan war on Iran did not begin with Gaza. Gaza exposed it
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Dr Asad Ullah

The armada and the trigger: How the US-Iran standoff could ignite a regional catastrophe

The armada and the trigger: How the US-Iran standoff could ignite a regional catastrophe
30.01.2026 2

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The logical fallacy of Indonesia paying $1 billion to the Board of Peace

The logical fallacy of Indonesia paying $1 billion to the Board of Peace
30.01.2026 2

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

When survival makes the past impossible to defend: Iran’s reverse sunk-cost trap

When survival makes the past impossible to defend: Iran’s reverse sunk-cost trap
30.01.2026 3

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank?
30.01.2026 12

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Harari deconstructs the Israeli narrative from within

Harari deconstructs the Israeli narrative from within
30.01.2026 32

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Karam Nama

Strengthening the UN? For what purpose?

Strengthening the UN? For what purpose?
29.01.2026 2

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Ramona Wadi

Israel 2026: Historic elections in the shadow of an unfinished war

Israel 2026: Historic elections in the shadow of an unfinished war
29.01.2026 2

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Alaa Said

Prabowo’s claim that Gaza is improving is a dangerous lie

Prabowo’s claim that Gaza is improving is a dangerous lie
29.01.2026 2

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The preaching Pentecostal: Scott Morrison in Israel

The preaching Pentecostal: Scott Morrison in Israel
29.01.2026 2

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Minneapolis isn’t Palestine; it’s harmful to compare them

Minneapolis isn’t Palestine; it’s harmful to compare them
29.01.2026 2

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Richard Mcdaniel

Mr Trump, Iraq’s kleptocracy must be dismantled: cutting aid is a laughable and naïve approach

Mr Trump, Iraq’s kleptocracy must be dismantled: cutting aid is a laughable and naïve approach
29.01.2026 2

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Iran, China and Russia sign trilateral strategic pact

Iran, China and Russia sign trilateral strategic pact
29.01.2026 4

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Ranjan Solomon

Libya and the UN mandates: A laboratory of frozen chaos

Libya and the UN mandates: A laboratory of frozen chaos
29.01.2026 2

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Not a Trump anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s crisis-driven power plays

Not a Trump anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s crisis-driven power plays
28.01.2026 2

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Dancing with European nationalism: Israel’s Generation Truth antisemitism conference

Dancing with European nationalism: Israel’s Generation Truth antisemitism conference
28.01.2026 2

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Indonesia must not let Gaza’s reconstruction bypass Palestinian rights

Indonesia must not let Gaza’s reconstruction bypass Palestinian rights
28.01.2026 8

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The ring of fire: From Tehran to southern Lebanon, the battle lines are drawn

The ring of fire: From Tehran to southern Lebanon, the battle lines are drawn
28.01.2026 3

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Houthis threaten escalation in the Red Sea if Iran is targeted

Houthis threaten escalation in the Red Sea if Iran is targeted
28.01.2026 2

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Mahmoud Assamiee

An open letter to those who defend Indonesia’s joining the Board of Peace

An open letter to those who defend Indonesia’s joining the Board of Peace
28.01.2026 2

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Neutrality imperils aid organisations

Neutrality imperils aid organisations
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Ramona Wadi

Trump, Tehran, and the trial: The countdown to the unknown begins

Trump, Tehran, and the trial: The countdown to the unknown begins
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Jasim Al-Azzawi

How South Korea’s gas ambitions sustain the occupation of Gaza

How South Korea’s gas ambitions sustain the occupation of Gaza
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Hwanbin Jeong

Is Britain really stepping out of Washington’s shadow?

Is Britain really stepping out of Washington’s shadow?
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Karam Nama

Palestinians create the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) – Gaza’s technocratic turn to genocide management

Palestinians create the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) – Gaza’s technocratic turn to genocide management
27.01.2026 2

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Ranjan Solomon

The gangster’s brief: The Barr Doctrine, Noriega and Maduro

The gangster’s brief: The Barr Doctrine, Noriega and Maduro
27.01.2026 1

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

“Board of Peace”: a parallel UN under absolute US hegemony

“Board of Peace”: a parallel UN under absolute US hegemony
27.01.2026 23

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Sayid Marcos Tenório

Humanitarian warnings amid Syria’s growing mental health crisis

Humanitarian warnings amid Syria’s growing mental health crisis
27.01.2026 49

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Nihal Shafik

“Islamic NATO” or imperial tool? Zionism, unity, and collaboration

“Islamic NATO” or imperial tool? Zionism, unity, and collaboration
26.01.2026 23

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Junaid S. Ahmad

Gaza’s “Board of Peace”: A circus to normalise a new phase of mass dispossession and genocide

Gaza’s “Board of Peace”: A circus to normalise a new phase of mass dispossession and genocide
26.01.2026 22

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Jamal Kanj

When urgency becomes policy: How the path to war against Iran is being engineered

When urgency becomes policy: How the path to war against Iran is being engineered
26.01.2026 11

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Alice Johnson

The Davos contrast: Precision vs. Provocation

The Davos contrast: Precision vs. Provocation
26.01.2026 20

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

SA coal exports to Israel – profit before principle?

SA coal exports to Israel – profit before principle?
26.01.2026 19

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Iqbal Jassat