Is this the end of Milorad Dodik’s political life?
Being found guilty of obstructing the OHR is a significant blow to Bosnian Serb leader. But he won't give up easily.
Category Archives: Opinions
On a pause from genocide, Israel turns its focus to ethnic cleansing
After slaughtering tens of thousands in Gaza, Israel has embarked on a forced displacement campaign in the West Bank.
The US Constitution was not made to protect against Trump
The belief that the US Constitution can protect against despotism has always been an illusion.
Canada already is America’s 51st state
And that is thanks to a political elite that did not heed prescient warnings.
Imposing tariffs on China will not help resolve the US fentanyl crisis
The tariffs are violating basic principles of the WTO and undermining international and bilateral cooperation.
A flawed peace deal would not end the war in Ukraine
Western policymakers should consider what happened with the Minsk agreements when talking peace in Ukraine.
The protests in Serbia are historic, the world shouldn’t ignore them
Amid democratic backsliding across Europe, Serbian students have shown the way to reimagining democracy and governance.
The wounds of the 1944 deportation still fester in Chechnya and beyond
The tragic history of trauma and repression in Chechnya must be a warning for those who want to abandon Ukraine.
Allowing racist tropes about Romani people to persist is dangerous
The myth of 'criminality' was once used to justify genocidal violence against the Roma. And yet it persists today.
Why the billionaire class is kissing Trump’s proverbial ring
The billionaire set and the massive corporations they represent are not showing deference to the president.
Trump’s extremist border policies are part of a global authoritarian moment
Successive government in the US, the UK and Australia have embraced and exchanged brutal migration policies for years.
Gaza urgently needs a more effective humanitarian approach
Palestinian families need to be supported in a way that affords them dignity and hope.
Tren de Aragua: America’s new bogeyman
The 'extraordinarily violent' Venezuelan gang is the latest source of US hallucinations about horrors of migration.
A letter from Gaza to Mr Trump
Gaza was already the 'Riviera of the Middle East' and it will be again - when we, the Palestinians, rebuild it.
Unchilding Palestine’s children
Israeli and Western portrayal of Palestinian children as adults aims to cover up their murder, maiming and imprisonment.
To avoid another conflict in the Horn of Africa, now is the time to act
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is working to reignite conflict in northern Ethiopia. He must be stopped.
It is not Trump that betrayed Ukraine
Those who set it on a path to full-scale war with Russia did.
Europe’s Trump dilemma
Even the biggest EU proponents of preserving a close bond with the US know Europe cannot afford to remain dependent.
I stayed until the end, Dr Abu Nujaila. We will remember and rebuild
The self-sacrifice of Palestinian doctors in Gaza has inspired a new generation of medical students. I am one of them.
The West has been in denial about censorship for far too long
It is time for Western societies to stop lecturing others and open their eyes to their own realities of repression.