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Can a dynastic heir lead a post-dynasty Bangladesh?

Abu Jakir On Christmas Day last year, Tarique Rahman – the heir apparent of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the man many believe could be...

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US arms sales to Taiwan threaten peace in the Taiwan Strait

Cao Xiaolin The United States blatantly announced its plan to sell massive advanced weapons to China’s Taiwan region in December 2025. It grossly...

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Europe is losing the space race, more rules won’t help

As space rapidly becomes an essential battlefield, Europe risks being left behind. Its current approach to the new space race — regulate first,...

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Peace as policy: Mediation is the core sense of modern diplomacy

H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi and Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik 2025 was the year the world relearned a fundamental truth: conflicts are not...

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Iran’s New Year demonstrations and the question of regime survival

Mahjoob Zweiri The New Year demonstrations in Iran came at the end of a year marked by war, economic strain, and political uncertainty. In 2025,...

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The Yemeni crisis: More complexity and many repercussions

AbdulHakim Helal Events in Yemen are escalating quickly and dramatically, reaching the point of armed clashes erupting between the Arab coalition...

06.01.2026 50

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Israel’s Somaliland play against Turkiye doomed to fail

The deterioration of relations between Turkiye and Israel has now extended beyond the borders of the Middle East and reached the Horn of Africa...

05.01.2026 30

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We just witnessed power kidnapping the law

Ziyad Motala The United States intervention in Venezuela to abduct President Nicolás Maduro is not law enforcement extended beyond its borders. It is...

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Trump just sent a very dangerous message to Latin America

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia Within hours of a massive operation of regime change in Venezuela, United States President Donald Trump revelled in his...

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Venezuela: American regime change with a Trumpian twist

Belén Fernández United States President Donald Trump has kicked off the new year with a typically deranged bang by conducting massive air strikes on...

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US-Europe relationship too important to be sidelined

Luke Coffey There is no shortage of geopolitical challenges and opportunities facing US President Donald Trump in 2026. His to-do list, ranging from...

04.01.2026 40

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Israel’s Somaliland play against Turkiye doomed to fail

Dr. Sinem Cengiz The deterioration of relations between Turkiye and Israel has now extended beyond the borders of the Middle East and reached the Horn...

04.01.2026 40

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The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible

Eman Abu Zayed When rumours about a ceasefire started circulating in October, it felt like a distant dream. We clung to any thread of hope, even...

03.01.2026 40

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Why I am on hunger strike in solidarity with Pal Action detainees

Mansoor Adayfi I know this road. I have its map etched into my bones. I carry scars that won’t heal without justice, without accountability. I...

03.01.2026 20

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The world is still failing its children. We can change that in 2026

Inger Ashing As we enter 2026, one truth is impossible to ignore: children around the world are facing their greatest levels of need in modern history...

02.01.2026 50

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Is it ethical for Chicago to use private debt collectors?

Having watched Chicago’s City Council rebel against his budget — to some extent, anyway — Mayor Brandon Johnson is now focused on the matter of...

01.01.2026 10

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Indo–Pakistan Relations: The Cost of Permanent Hostility

Air Marshal (Retd) Shahid Akhtar Alvi It is a tragic reality that many young people today have grown up seeing the seven decades of managed hostility...

01.01.2026 30

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UK still counting the cost 10 years on from Brexit vote

Mohamed Chebaro Regardless of how hard some in the UK try to pretend Brexit was a necessary step toward sovereignty, territorial integrity and the...

01.01.2026 20

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Here is to a quarter century of US military havoc

Belén Fernández The year 2025 has come to an end, and along with it, the first quarter of the 21st century. Reflecting on the course of the past 25...

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As the world welcomes a new year, we, in Gaza, dread what it will bring

Qasem Waleed Another year has passed, and life in Gaza is still trapped between Israel’s killing machine and the growing indifference of the world....

01.01.2026 20

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Responsible role in mediating regional conflict

After weeks of fighting along their contested border that has killed more than 100 people and displaced over half a million in both countries,...

31.12.2025 30

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Alaa Abdelfattah and Britain’s selective outrage

Ahmed Najar The intensity of the current backlash against Alaa Abdelfattah in Britain is striking – not because it reflects a renewed concern for...

31.12.2025 30

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How 2026 will shape the Middle East for the next decade

Riad Kahwaji Several anticipated developments in the coming year will make 2026 a decisive year, one that will witness events and shifts shaping the...

31.12.2025 40

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High-speed rail mirror of China’s modernization

How China has changed over the past decades can be judged by the development achievements it has made. One of the most straightforward ways to...

29.12.2025 40

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Why is it that the UK government can’t define Islamophobia?

James Renton In February, the United Kingdom government appointed a working group to provide a definition of “anti-Muslim hatred/Islamophobia”,...

29.12.2025 50

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China’s latest 5-year plan will be watched by the world

Andrew Hammond The coming year will surely have some significant surprises in store, both politically and economically. However, one relatively...

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US air strikes won’t fix Nigeria’s security crisis but could make it worse

Femi Owolade The recent strikes by the United States on alleged ISIL (ISIS) targets in northwest Nigeria have been presented in Washington as a...

28.12.2025 40

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Hezbollah yields to Israel and must also for Lebanon’s people

Khaled Abou Zahr Hezbollah has reportedly conceded to Israel’s demands and is no longer present south of the Litani River, a key condition of the...

27.12.2025 40

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Will China come to Venezuela’s rescue?

Yang Xiaotong As Venezuela and the United States teeter on the brink of war, China has been vocal in condemning US actions. In Beijing’s view,...

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Myanmar’s sham election will entrench conflict — and ASEAN will share the blame

Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Myanmar’s military junta is once again promising elections as a pathway out of national crisis. After more than three years of...

27.12.2025 10

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What the GOP accomplished with all that power

“What a decade this year has been.” That’s how a friend in Washington described 2025 to me. The last 12 months saw a flurry of activity as...

26.12.2025 30

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Yasukuni visit would add insult to injury

Speculation that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may visit the Yasukuni Shrine on Friday has once again put Japan’s attitude toward history...

26.12.2025 40

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Netanyahu’s 2025 gains under threat

Daoud Kuttab The year 2025 has, in many respects, been a positive one for Israel and its embattled leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been fighting...

25.12.2025 30

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Christmas is not a Western story – it is a Palestinian one

Rev Dr Munther Isaac Every December, much of the Christian world enters a familiar cycle of celebration: carols, lights, decorated trees, consumer...

25.12.2025 40

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From bailouts to business: The dawn of a post-privatization PIA

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed For global investors watching frontier and emerging markets, Pakistan’s long-delayed privatization of its national airline marks...

25.12.2025 40

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I volunteered at camp for the displaced from el-Fasher. Here is what I saw

Nabiha Islam I was about 13 years old when the conflict in Darfur began in 2003. As a teenager reading and listening to the news before the dawn of...

24.12.2025 10

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Oman, India show the benefit of ‘economic statecraft’ 

Dr. Diana Galeeva Oman and India recently signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that will offer duty-free access to over 98 percent of...

24.12.2025 20

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Is the US making a great gamble to reshape Iraq?

Firas Dabbagh United States President Donald Trump’s second administration has introduced a bold and unconventional strategy for the Middle East....

23.12.2025 50

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Trump’s Christmas gifts

Belén Fernández If my memory serves me correctly, it was on Christmas Eve in 1992 that I found out there was no Santa Claus. I was a 10-year-old...

23.12.2025 50

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Sixty years ago, the world tried to stop racial discrimination and failed

Melissa Hendrickse and Rym Khadhraoui The way the story is often told is that Western countries gifted human rights to the world and are the sole...

22.12.2025 30

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How chess helped me understand grief

Vidya Krishnan On a splendid November afternoon in Goa, I watched something familiar unfold on a chessboard. The Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi,...

21.12.2025 20

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US should seek to elevate ties with Turkic bloc

Luke Coffey Washington on Monday played host to an unusually quiet but geopolitically significant visit. Kubanychbek Omuraliev, the secretary-general...

20.12.2025 30

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Somalia’s 2026 election risks a legitimacy crisis

Afyare Abdi Elmi For the past 25 years, Somalia’s political transitions have not succeeded by accident. They were sustained through international...

20.12.2025 20

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Norway’s green transition is putting Sami culture at risk

Ellinor Guttorm Utsi I am a Sami reindeer herder from northern Norway. My family and I have herded reindeer for generations. It is not just our...

20.12.2025 50

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Gulf the brightest star in Trump’s National Security Strategy

Dr. Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg The Trump administration last month released its National Security Strategy. The document, which is required by law,...

20.12.2025 30

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Dialogue constructive way to rebalance trade

French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for a cooperative economic framework between the European Union and China in a Financial Times op-ed article...

19.12.2025 50

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Diaspora vote issue highlights Lebanon’s national divide

Khaled Abou Zahr The Lebanese Forces and Kataeb Party decided to boycott the parliamentary plenary session scheduled for Thursday. The main reason was...

19.12.2025 40

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What Palmyra attack means for Syria’s security apparatus

Hassan Al-Mustafa I recently engaged in a conversation with a journalist who has visited Syria multiple times since the fall of former President...

19.12.2025 40

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When tragedy becomes an Israeli political weapon

Daoud Kuttab Tragedies are not meant to be moments for scoring political points. When acts of terrorism occur, responsible leaders seek to calm...

19.12.2025 40

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No wriggle room on binding commitments

Since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made erroneous and dangerous remarks on the Taiwan Strait situation in the Diet on Nov 7, Beijing has...

18.12.2025 30

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