Category: World
Inside the growing religious revolt against Christian Zionism
Each year, hundreds of activists from Christians United for Israel (CUFI), America’s largest Zionist organization, descend on the Capitol for a marathon lobbying…
Ayatollah Khamenei’s carefully crafted and choreographed funeral
Meticulously choreographed, this week’s funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei across Iran are honoring the country’s highest political and religious authority, while…
Cutting Hair, Cutting Freedom: Afghanistan’s Barbers Under Taliban Rule
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons …
Inside GEF’s Blended Finance Push: Turning Public Money Into Private Capital Leverage
For most of the Eighth Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Assembly last month, the atmosphere inside Samarkand’s sprawling Congress Centre echoed a growing confidence…
Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis Deepens After Worst Earthquake in Decades
In recent weeks, Venezuela’s humanitarian situation has deteriorated sharply following the twin earthquakes on June 24. Marking the strongest seismic event since 1990,…
Towards a Human rights-Centred, Transformative Agenda Beyond 2030
The 2030 agenda cum SDGs are due to be completed in 2030, with negotiations towards a follow-up agenda to begin formally at the…
Goodbye Indo-Pacific, hello first island chain!
On June 16, the Pentagon announced that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) would revert to its 1947 name, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). U.S. officials…
Hormuz chokepoint? Turkey wants to be king of the Middle Corridor
The outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz catalyzed an energy market shock that reverberated…
Iraq PM embraces his inner Michael Corleone — for the best of reasons
In the iconic final sequence of The Godfather, Michael Corleone eliminated his rivals one by one while his son was being baptized. The…
CARICOM Leaders Gather in Saint Lucia as Caribbean Confronts Mounting Global, Regional Challenges
Caribbean leaders are meeting in Saint Lucia for their annual summit, confronting a convergence of global and regional challenges ranging from rising living…
