America’s threat to send Afghan asylum-seekers to Africa is racist
Between the late 18th century and the late 19th century, Britain sent more than 160,000 convicts and others…
Too steep for the Veep? Why Trump made Vance his point man in the Iran talks
US President Donald Trump again demonstrated his skilful, albeit cynical, shrewdness by manoeuvring Vice President JD Vance into…
Trump needs to swiftly end the US-Israel war with Iran or face the wrath of the Republicans
On Tuesday, Donald Trump suggested that talks with Iran could resume this week. The US President’s apparent desire…
The Iran war fuel crisis is shaking up politics as far afield as Ireland
Could Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin be the first national leader to lose his job over the fuel…
What the UAE and Lithuania share is a belief in success through a stable order
Recently, it has become almost fashionable to write obituaries for the rules-based international order, declaring it exhausted or…
A region exhausted by geopolitical upheaval should hope for a Ramadan of respite
As the crescent moon ushers in the arrival of Ramadan this week, the Muslim world is preparing for…
The IMF and World Bank need reforms to continue aiding global development
Seasoned observers of international politics and economics don’t need to be told that the system is in turmoil.…
By ending its partnership with Syria’s Kurds, the West risks reviving the ISIS crisis
In north-eastern Syria, the people who helped dismantle ISIS’s self-declared “caliphate” are being asked, again, to pay for…
Al Shara can win the war with Syria’s Kurds, but he needs to win the peace
Quite literally at the 11th hour on Saturday night, a ceasefire between the Syrian government and the Syrian…
Battlefield gains alone won’t build a better Syria
For all those committed to the success of the new Syria, the sight of serious and sustained violence…
I spent a week in Tehran amid the protests, and what I saw on the ground was different from what we see on TV
Six days ago, I travelled to Tehran, where I had been invited – before the current protests began…
Can Europe summon the empathy needed to solve its refugee challenge in 2026?
One of the most compelling dramas I watched this year was Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours. The film…