The West has a moral responsibility to help build peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
For the third time in 30 years – and the second in three – the international community has failed to prevent conflict between Azerbaijan...
The Global South: a unifying slogan or a new force?
The war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change. When it comes to major international events we often hear about the problems and challenges...
How diplomacy replaced oil as the new ‘prize’ in the Middle East
Thirty years ago, the consensus of many analysts looking at the Middle East from the West was that oil in the Gulf was one...
Global economy under threat as trade experts warn against ‘friendshoring’
Too much business with friends may be the enemy of growth. That’s the warning from the World Trade Organization (WTO) as ‘friendshoring’ takes its...
Poland no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine amid grain row
Poland is Ukraine’s best friend in Europe. But no alliance can ever be entirely unconditional, and this is as true of the Poland–Ukraine bond...
The Egyptian tragedy in Libya is far from over
They were looking to make a living but were denied the opportunity for decent work in their own country, so they left for a...
What Happened at the First-Ever Central Asia-U.S Leaders’ Summit?
U.S. President Joe Biden met with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan at the United Nations General Assembly on September 19....
Israel to allow female recruits into Elite Commando Unit for the first time
Israel Defence Forces announced yesterday their initiation of a programme to enlist female recruits into the military’s top-tier unit, known as Sayeret Matkal, along...
‘Hostage diplomacy’: a growing headache for the West
Paris (AFP) – Sylvie Arnaud’s first feeling when she learnt her son Louis had been detained in Iran in September last year was sheer...
In risky hunt for secrets, U.S and China expand global spy operations
WASHINGTON – As China’s spy balloon drifted across the continental United States in February, U.S. intelligence agencies learned that Chinese President Xi Jinping had...