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Trump: Peacemaker for whom?

‘‘The meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine was very interesting, and cordial, but I told him, as I likewise strongly suggested to...

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Rebuilding Gaza begins in the classroom

Sultan Barakat and Alison Phipps It has been two weeks since world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh and declared, once again, that the path to...

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Typhoon deal signals liftoff for UK-Turkiye security partnership

Luke Coffey This week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid an important visit to Turkiye to meet with his Turkish counterpart, President Recep...

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Cairo talks on Gaza fail to forge Palestinian unity

Daoud Kuttab Egypt’s efforts to craft a workable post-war plan for Gaza continue to face multiple obstacles. Beyond Israel’s repeated and...

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Hands on the helm to steer steady course for Sino-US relations

The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Busan, the Republic of Korea, has sent a strong and timely signal to...

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Washington’s ‘Blob’ is helping whitewash war crimes in Sudan

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb Ben Rhodes, a former United States deputy national security adviser under President Barack Obama, famously called Washington’s...

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Israel could drag the US in a dirty war

Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib Back in February, in the course of a meeting with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Colombia dispute reveals growing US anxiety over China

Dr. Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday to take part in the annual Future Investment Initiative...

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Doctor-patient relationship is fraying

Just as the political health of a nation requires trust in elected officials, the physical and mental health of Americans depends on the trust...

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Pakistan’s Gaza Troop Offer: A Deal in the Dark; Finally Exposing

Jalil Afridi Pakistan’s government has finally acknowledged through its highly incompetent Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif that it is weighing...

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Is America still welcoming global talent?

A few weeks ago, when new proposals limiting J and F visa expansion were open for public comment, immigration quickly became a hot topic again at our...

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The road to peace cannot be paved with contempt

Recent comments by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich regarding Saudi Arabia are shameful and troubling. Unfortunately, they reflect a mindset...

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Gaza deal and missed opportunity for US unity

The world watched in awe as US President Donald Trump’s peace deal last week brought an end to the devastating war in Gaza. After two years of...

27.10.2025 40

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Sudan’s deadly conflict and the shape of wars to come

Hafed Al-Ghwell The war in Sudan is not an anomaly; it is a prototype. A conflict that has directly killed at least 150,000 people, displaced over 11...

27.10.2025 20

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Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions are strangling regional prosperity

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed The ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan brokered by Qatar and Turkiye may have silenced the guns for now, but as several...

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A Pakistan foreign policy renaissance? Not quite

Eric Shahzar Pakistan seems to have caught the geopolitical winds just right. Last month, Pakistan signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia. Under...

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The road to peace cannot be paved with contempt

Ronald S. Lauder Recent comments by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich regarding Saudi Arabia are shameful and troubling. Unfortunately, they...

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We survived the war, we may not survive the ceasefire

Sara Awad Last Sunday, I stepped out of my family’s tent in az-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip and headed to the nearby Twix Cafe, a coworking...

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For Russian asylum seekers, US is not land of free

Leonid Melekhin, a political activist from Perm, Russia, applied for asylum in the United States in August 2024. In December, his application was...

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Terror-free Turkiye: A homegrown peace reshaping the region

Murat Cahid Cingi For nearly half a century, terrorism has cast a shadow over Turkiye’s political, social and economic life. The Kurdistan...

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The Rohingya crisis is spilling across borders

Dr. Azeem Ibrahim For years, the world has viewed the Rohingya crisis as a tragedy contained within the borders of Myanmar — a humanitarian disaster...

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The US warships off Venezuela aren’t there to fight drugs

Guillaume Long Ten thousand soldiers on board 10 US warships, including a nuclear submarine, several destroyers and a missile cruiser, patrol the...

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Stepping up our collective action on gender equality

Audrey Lesperres How can we unite, act and resist together in order to defend gender equality and the rights of women and girls? This is the guiding...

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The Church of England owes Zimbabwe more than an apology

Tafi Mhaka When seven Zimbabweans announced on October 4 that they were suing the Church of England for enabling the brutal abuse they suffered at the...

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World cannot allow another chapter of horror in Gaza

Hani Hazaimeh The world stands once again at a perilous crossroads — a fragile window where peace in Gaza is barely holding, while the specter of...

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Even GOP voters are souring on economy

Here’s a shocker: Democrats and Republicans don’t see eye-to-eye on the economy. But focusing on the partisan divide obscures the bigger picture:...

23.10.2025 20

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Gaza graveyard is one massive crime scene

From ceasefire to corpses — the macabre story of Gaza’s deceased. The fragile ceasefire persists, violated at times but with a much-reduced death...

22.10.2025 20

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A new order is being imposed on the Palestinians. How do we confront it?

Leila Sansour There are two conversations unfolding in the wake of the latest ceasefire, which has brought a fragile pause to the carnage in Gaza –...

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A man on a difficult mission

Ghassan Charbel The late secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad movement, Dr. Ramadan Shalah, told me years ago: “Israel’s arrogance will lead it...

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Ukraine does not need a NATO Article 5-like guarantee

Maksym Skrypchenko In recent months, a new baseline idea has taken hold in European and United States debates on Ukraine: “Article 5-like”...

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Elections may make or break Palestinian national movement

Daoud Kuttab Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last month pledged a series of political reforms, including holding general presidential and...

21.10.2025 20

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Israel as a threat

For decades, Arab public opinion has held a negative view of both Israel and Iran, widely regarding them as the primary sources of regional threat and...

20.10.2025 20

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Gaza’s traumatised children urgently need the hope education offers

Nada Hamdona When the ceasefire in Gaza was announced, I experienced a range of mixed emotions. I felt joy that the bombs had finally stopped, but...

20.10.2025 20

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Press Freedom Under Fire: A Shameful Chapter in American Media History

By: Jalil Afridi Over thirty of America’s leading media outlets have vacated their offices inside the Pentagon in protest against a new “Media...

20.10.2025 20

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Are We Muslims or Mujrims? How hate became India’s daily entertainment

Ismail Salahuddin Every morning in today’s India begins with two parallel news cycles. One, broadcast on television screens, is carefully curated:...

19.10.2025 40

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Europe must do more to reduce its dependence on Russian energy

Luke Coffey More than three and a half years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe is still grappling with its energy security by...

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Views on China have changed in Vietnam

Dozens of young Vietnamese women lined up for hours last month to catch a glimpse of “cool” troops marching through Hanoi in a huge military...

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How Trump got his Nobel Peace Prize after all

Steve Striffler Although the White House immediately put the Nobel Committee on notice for putting “politics over peace” when it failed to deliver...

17.10.2025 40

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Lebanon, Yemen and Iran after Gaza

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed The war in Gaza has ended but the same cannot be said of Israel’s other conflicts. Three fronts remain open. In Lebanon, a...

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Youth crisis is really about the rise of NEETs

The rising unemployment rate among US workers aged 16 to 24 — it hit 10.5% in August, its highest level in a decade not counting the pandemic years...

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Pope Leo’s reassuring attack on ‘degrading’ clickbait

Mohamed Chebaro In nearly every social gathering or meeting I take part in nowadays, the question of whether journalism is still serving society...

16.10.2025 20

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Turkish-Saudi ties amid rising geopolitical challenges

Prof. Dr. Emrullah Isler I have had the privilege of living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in three different time periods, each of them during unique...

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Blue-collar voters could affect GOP

In the 2024 election, Donald Trump mapped an escape route for Republicans from the greatest long-term challenge facing the party. Less than a year...

15.10.2025 20

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Sharm El-Sheikh summit shows Palestinian nationalism is alive

Daoud Kuttab For a brief moment just a few weeks ago, it seemed like the joint Israeli-American effort to suppress Palestinian nationalism was...

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Are Iran nuclear negotiations back on the table?

Yossi Mekelberg When, back in late August, the E3 — the UK, France and Germany — notified the UN that Iran was in breach of its obligations under...

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The existence of hunger is a political choice

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Hunger is neither a natural condition of humankind nor an unavoidable tragedy: it is the result of choices made by...

14.10.2025 30

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The days of Trump

Ghassan Charbel The Middle East has been witnessing unprecedented developments recently and this week it is witnessing another. The analysts will...

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The path from ceasefire to permanent peace

Chris Doyle If all goes according to the script, the first three stages of the Trump peace proposal will be enacted in the early part of this week. A...

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Starmer consolidates his foreign policy successes

Andrew Hammond Fifteen months into his time in office, the domestic challenges facing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are often highlighted. However,...

13.10.2025 30

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NATO is not prepared for war

Sergey Maidukov For decades, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) prepared for war, confident in its advantage over any adversary. Its member...

13.10.2025 40

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