March 30, 2020
Throughout the history of the occupation, Israel has initiated most of the legal and physical barriers that keep Palestinians out of so-called Israeli areas as “temporary” measures, often during emergencies, but never removed them.
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March 30, 2020
By whittling away Nowruz, the Iranian authorities forfeit exceptional prospects for integration and solidarity with nations which maintain shared roots with Iran.
March 29, 2020
Yemen’s warring parties should implement a United Nations ceasefire proposal to prepare for a COVID-19 outbreak and preserve an opportunity to end the war.
March 28, 2020
‘Man stands face to face with the irrational. …The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.’ Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (1957)
March 27, 2020
More than 1,000 acts of racism against Asian Americans have been reported since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
March 27, 2020
The battle for Idlib underscores Russia’s increasing dilemma on how to deal with Turkey as Moscow becomes increasingly active on key MENA dossiers in which Ankara has high stakes.
March 27, 2020
The U.S. is acting to undermine the legitimate work of a treaty-based international court that steps in only where national courts do not conduct genuine investigations or prosecutions of serious international crimes
March 26, 2020
Some have written Trump’s political obituary with the fallout from the coronavirus, but in our post-truth era, his xenophobia and nationalism may end up helping his reelection chances.
March 26, 2020
Concerted efforts to systematically weaken nations can no longer be considered responsible governance by national leaders.
March 26, 2020
A parallel narrative that unfolded alongside the post-9/11 wars exposes the utter irrelevance of the national security state as currently constituted.
March 26, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak, while frightening, presents an opportunity to reconsider some of our fundamental assumptions about sovereignty, international relations, and global power itself.
March 26, 2020
The Bush administration cracked the U.S.-European alliance and the Trump administration appears poised to finish the job.
March 25, 2020
Whether defined as a partnership or an alliance, U.S.-NATO-Turkish relations will continue to face the test of confronting common challenges.
March 25, 2020
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s call for lifting the economic sanctions on Iran is an appropriate gesture, and history has shown that Iranians never forget those who have extended a helping hand.
March 25, 2020
We shouldn’t be too surprised that the Trump administration even mischaracterizes the theories behind its policies.
March 25, 2020
The federal government has partnered with commercial airlines to ferry Americans to, from, and in between foreign countries before. Why isn’t it happening now?
March 25, 2020
Investments in critical human needs, from diplomacy and global health initiatives to build economic resiliency and mitigating the growing climate crisis, have been gutted to bankroll our endless wars.
March 24, 2020
As the crisis worsens, it’s likely that Donald Trump will seek to acquire more emergency powers to the executive branch, likely with broad public support.
March 24, 2020
It’s important to separate warning from prediction and look out for blame shifting to the intelligence community.
March 24, 2020
Saudi Arabia is already fomenting one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises — why are we asking them to help solve another?
March 23, 2020
Fostering good governance means fighting the xenophobia and crude nationalism that so often poison the political climate that is conducive to it.