My imprisoned father is the freest man I know
My father was detained in the crackdown on dissent in Tunisia. He could have fled but chose to stand up to dictatorship.
Category Archives: Opinions
Foodbanks can help tackle East Africa’s hunger crises
Foodbanking builds on African traditions of generosity and communal help and can play a key role in redistributing food.
The real problem with Israel’s ‘collective punishment’
The use of the term, while well-intended, ends up suggesting that it's only the 'collective' bit that's the problem.
Why do US sanctions fail? Because a platypus isn’t a bird
Sanctions mostly cause humanitarian crises, not democratisation. The answer lies in biology.
Berlusconism was the prequel to Trumpism
The late Italian prime minister's ascent to power in the 1990s laid the foundations for the post-truth era.
India’s deadly train crash: Forget the truth, blame it on Muslims
It's the latest instance of how in an Islamophobic India, justice and accountability have themselves been derailed.
Waiving US visas for Israelis would be a mistake
The US should not give up protecting its own citizens just to present another political gift to the Israeli government.
The case for bottom-up AI
With an open source approach, AI can help us build a more inclusive, innovative, and democratic society.
The West has lost the plot in the Balkans
The recent escalation in Kosovo reflects the US and the EU's dangerous strategy of appeasing expansionist Belgrade.
Germany’s anti-Palestinianism is escalating
It is high time Germany stops conflating Palestinian activism with anti-Semitism in an attempt to atone for its past.
Why are most US historians against Critical Race Theory?
Most of my colleagues appear determined to protect a version of our national history shaped by white supremacy.
Artificial intelligence without borders
The US border-industrial complex has joined the AI game.
South Africa is failing, and it’s failing Zimbabwe, too
South Africa is struggling to provide for its people and fulfil its longstanding commitments to its neighbours.
Why blowing up Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam is a war crime
International law is clear, but sadly, so is a 500-year-old history of dam explosions as acts of war by all powers.
(Mis)understanding and (mis)managing the Sudanese crisis
African Union's peacemaking efforts in Sudan are doomed to failure if it does not change its approach to the conflict.
Canadian democracy is on edge — and China isn’t to blame
Chinese interference fears have gripped Ottawa. But appearing before House committees recently, I saw bigger worries
The Middle East: Goodbye America, hello China?
The US is losing ground in the region and it has only itself to blame.
Kazakhstan is a bridge between the North, South, East and West
As a host of the Astana International Forum, the country hopes to re-energise global cooperation and multilateralism.
Russia faces a new neighbourhood threat: China
Moscow's Ukraine struggles and neocolonialism have made its former partners in Central Asia turn to Beijing.
In Somalia, the rains have come but the crisis is far from over
Somalia needs urgent humanitarian aid and long-term climate financing to ensure the wellbeing of its children.