Category: World
American veterans know the cost of a military-first foreign policy
My nearly 32-year career in uniform has taught me many lessons. One of the most important is that the gap between operational military…
CHINA: ‘The Ethnic Unity Law Means There Is One Acceptable Way to Be Chinese’
CIVICUS speaks about China’s recently implemented Ethnic Unity Law with Gulchehra Hoja, a correspondent for Reporters Without Borders and a Uyghur activist…
Bored of Peace: Why is Trump undermining his own Gaza plan?
A lot can change in a week. Barely five days after President Donald Trump hailed the “historic agreement” on Hamas’s disarmament by the…
El-Sayed overcomes $30 million AIPAC spend, wins Michigan primary
Abdul El-Sayed became the latest progressive insurgent to win a Democratic nomination contest on Tuesday, when he bested sitting House Rep. Haley Stevens…
Will Trump meet his Suez moment & seize Hormuz deal on the table?
Oman and Iran appear close to a temporary arrangement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, potentially providing both an exit from the current…
New Chickpea Variety to Drive Climate Resilience in Africa
New chickpea seed research and production have become the new frontier of climate resilience in southern Africa as farmers battle failing cereal production….
Green transition: Pay the Least, Benefit the Most
Inaction and maintaining the status quo of fossil fuel dependence carry significant costs. The recent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, for instance,…
Trump’s quick hits allow for AFRICOM comeback on continent
Donald Trump’s foreign policy features chaotic decision-making and bombastic rhetoric. But some of his half-baked ideas could have lasting consequences, creating escalation pathways…
Are US and Israel benefitting from ‘migration blackmail’ in Spain?
Questions continue to swirl around the flash flood of nearly 60,000 migrants who swam or walked from Morocco into Ceuta, a tiny Spanish…
The Helsinki Commission is a Cold War relic that needs to go
Every government institution should periodically be asked a simple question: is it still performing the mission for which Congress created it?That principle has…
