• November 4, 2024
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Articles Global Affairs

From ICC to ‘Sportswashing’: West’s Self-Serving Narratives Must Be Combated

Now that we are on the cusp of a new world order, we must confront this hypocrisy with the clearest language – and action – possible.

Articles Global Affairs

Burning of the Quran and the Counter-offensive: Why the West is Panicking

Why is the right to insult Muslims so cherished, so sacred in the view of Western governments and laws? And why burn the Quran now?

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Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West

The problem, of course, is not Kissinger himself. The crisis is twofold: The West is unwilling to accept that war, for once, will not solve its problems.

Articles Global Affairs Palestine/Israel

Active ‘Neutrality’: Why Is Israel Struggling to Maintain a Coherent Position in Russia, Ukraine?

The future will further reveal Tel Aviv’s role in the Russian-Ukraine war. However, what is quite clear for now is that Israel is no longer a neutral party, even if Tel Aviv continues to repeat such claims.

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The Other Russia-West War: Why Some African Countries are Abandoning Paris, Joining Moscow

France’s military and foreign policy shift in Africa, however, was not compelled by strategy or vision, but by changing realities over which France has little control.

Articles Global Affairs Palestine/Israel

Culture of Hope: 2022 and the Margins of Victory in Palestine

2022 was another year of tragedy and hope for the Palestinians. It is this hope, buoyed by numerous little victories, that makes the struggle for Palestinian freedom possible.

Articles Global Affairs Middle East

Xi’s Visit and the Future of the Middle East: China-Arab Ties are Permanent

It would be unfair – in fact, misguided – to suggest that large political entities like China and Arab countries combined are shaping their foreign policy agendas, thus staking their futures, on knee-jerk political reactions to the attitude of a single American President or administration.

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‘Well of Solutions’ or Problems: Why Reforming the UN is Critical

However, for a reformed UN to serve a noble mission and to live up to its lofty promises, the new power distribution should allocate places for all, regardless of military power or economic might.

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The Road to Fascism: How the War in Ukraine is Changing Europe

While politicians are often ready to exploit any event to rise or remain in power, Europe must tread carefully by reflecting on its past, namely the fact that extreme nationalism and populism are likely to lead to something truly sinister and potentially destructive.

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‘Rationality is Not Permitted’: Chomsky on Russia, Ukraine and the Price of Media Censorship

While an alternative understanding of the devastating war in Ukraine is disallowed, the West continues to offer no serious answers or achievable goals, leaving Ukraine devastated and the root causes of the problem in place.

Articles Global Affairs Middle East

Cost of the Ukraine War Felt in Africa, Global South

While it is important that we acknowledge the vast changes to the world’s geopolitical map, let us not forget that millions of people are going hungry, paying the price for a global conflict of which they are not part.

Articles Middle East Palestine/Israel

For Palestinians, Food Insecurity is Now an Existential Threat

A serious conversation involving Palestinians, Arab countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and other parties must take place to discuss and resolve Palestine’s food insecurity.

Articles Global Affairs Middle East

From Korea to Libya: On the Future of Ukraine and NATO’s Neverending Wars

Though military invasions must be wholly rejected, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, turning Ukraine into another convenient zone of perpetual geopolitical struggle between NATO and Russia is not the answer.  

Articles Global Affairs Middle East

Can Israel Exist without America: Numbers Speaks of a Changing Reality

The fight against Israeli occupation and apartheid can no longer be disproportionately focused on breaking up the ‘special relationship’ that united Tel Aviv and Washington for over 50 years.

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Is Europe Really More Civilized? Ukraine Conflict a Platform for Racism and Rewriting History

Before bragging about the virtues of Europe, and the demeaning of everyone else, the likes of Arestovych, D’Agata, and Petkov should take a look at themselves in the mirror and reconsider their unsubstantiated ethnocentric view of the world and of history.

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New Great Game: Can Venezuela Negotiate an End to US Deadly Sanctions?

Though some in Washington are willing to reconsider their long-standing policy against the socialist bloc of South America, the US mission is rife with obstacles.

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‘Hypocrisy Does Not Begin to Describe It’: Baroud on the Ukraine Crisis and the Changing Global Order (VIDEO)

Mark Seddon discusses with Ramzy Baroud the unfolding crisis in Ukraine through the eyes of the Palestinian people.

Articles Global Affairs Middle East

Weathering the Global Storm: Why Neutrality is Not an Option for Palestinians

Common sense dictates that Palestinians must develop a unified front to cope with the massive changes underway in the world, changes that will eventually yield a whole new geopolitical reality.