Can Syria be unified?
Deepening instability, minority distrust and foreign meddling test Damascus’s grip on a fractured state.
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US arms sales to Taiwan threaten peace in the Taiwan Strait
Washington’s actions violate the one-China principle and undermine regional stability.
Can a dynastic heir lead a post-dynasty Bangladesh?
Former PM Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman is likely to lead the BNP in February elections. Will Bangladesh accept him?
Peace as policy: Mediation is the core sense of modern diplomacy
Norway and Qatar have made mediation not an instrument of goodwill but a core instrument of security policy.
I won the Oxford Union presidency. Then my identity was put on trial
From rumours to insinuation, my campaign showed how Palestinian political expression is treated as suspicion.
Iran’s New Year demonstrations and the question of regime survival
Iran’s New Year protests expose the pressures shaping the political system’s response to dissent.
Why Trump’s regime-change playbook won’t work in Iran
Tehran is no Caracas. The Islamic Republic stands on solid ground even if it faces multiple crises.
Trump has made US militarism worse
US military action has long been shaped by policy and ideology. Now it is shaped by whim.
The Yemeni crisis: More complexity and many repercussions
External interventions created political and administrative chaos that intensified internal divisions.
We just witnessed power kidnapping the law
The US attack on Venezuela and the abduction of its leader have no basis in law.