The Iran war has exposed the limits of neutrality
From Gulf energy shocks to divisions among allies, the conflict has made strategic ambiguity harder to sustain.
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The Iran war has exposed the limits of neutrality
From Gulf energy shocks to divisions among allies, the conflict has made strategic ambiguity harder to sustain.
Legal migrants remain vulnerable to trafficking
Debt, employer control and temporary visa rules can leave migrant workers trapped.
The process of justice must be observed in ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan’s case
The Judicial Panel’s conclusion on Mr Khan’s case should not be discarded because some parties find it inconvenient.
Israel is trying to change Jerusalem’s religious identity
Israel is destroying the Status Quo to establish full control over Muslim and Christian religious life at holy sites.
Cuba sent doctors. Washington sent a destroyer.
The US blockade is killing not just a failing state, but six decades of a small island extending global solidarity.
Seven ways America can win the ceasefire and end the war
Trump needs to take decisive action to secure regional peace and a win in the midterm elections.
Lessons from the Iran war
The past month and a half have shown that the nature of modern warfare is shifting.
We need a regional agreement for the Strait of Hormuz
A governing arrangement for the strait can and must be developed based on law and fact.
Is the US-Iran ceasefire already doomed?
Even if the talks fail to produce a deal, a return to an all-out war may still be averted.
Iran ceasefire: Not an off-ramp for the US but a life-saving ejection seat
A Middle Eastern country has for the first time single-handedly checked the war-making capabilities of the US and Israel
Did America lose yet another war?
The war on Iran has repeated the failures of past US conflicts defined by hubris and ignorance.
The US could still try to play the ethnic card in Iran
But past experience and current geopolitical realities show such a strategy is doomed to failure.
Israel’s attack on UNRWA is central to its genocide of the Palestinians
UNRWA's mandate to provide for Palestinian refugees makes it a direct threat to the Israeli genocidal project.
Trump seeks to end the war without it becoming ‘an abject failure’
Barbara Slavin of the Stimson Center says Trump misread the situation in Iran and now scrambles for a way out.
What the Iran-Iraq war can tell us about the US-Israeli war on Iran
Trump and Netanyahu are harbouring the same illusions Saddam Hussein had in 1980 when he invaded Iran.
‘Israel has been avoiding any diplomacy’ and pursuing escalation
‘When the only tool you have in your toolbox is a hammer you can solve everything with the hammer’.
Why Lebanon should join the International Criminal Court
ICC jurisdiction in Lebanon would mean a chance of accountability for Israeli war crimes and renewed political pressure.
Mojtaba Khamenei’s rumoured injury or death won’t change Iran’s trajectory
His father, Ali Khamenei, built the supreme leader's office into an institution that does not depend on a single leader.
The attack on the right to protest in the UK is not just about Palestine
Patterns of politicised policing uncovered in a recent trial of pro-Palestinian activists should worry us all.