Can the International Criminal Court survive the next four years? | ICC
The world’s only permanent international tribunal mandated to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide is facing its greatest challenge to date. With the…
Genocide Israel is living in the past | Opinions
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters,” Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote in…
The World Bank should reconsider its mega dam project in Tajikistan | Opinions
On December 17 the World Bank is set to vote on financing the Rogun mega dam project in Tajikistan. If the vote passes, it would…
Gaza’s libraries will rise from the ashes | Israel-Palestine conflict
I was five years old when I entered the Maghazi Library for the first time. My parents had just enrolled me at the nearby kindergarten,…
With words they try to jail us: US universities are not citadels of freedom | Protests
Universities in the United States have been especially repressive over the past year. Several like Columbia University and New York University have redefined protests against the state of…
Syria’s gangster couple is on the lam | Bashar al-Assad
True to his cunning nature, the wanted bandit likely fled at night. Bashar al-Assad, reportedly with his wife and three adult children in tow, made…
Georgia has set a precedent that could undermine EU enlargement | European Union
Antigovernment protests in Georgia have continued for over two weeks now, with no end in sight. On November 28, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced he…
Voluntary carbon market has failed the human rights test | Environment
One of the most salient decisions of last month’s climate summit in Baku was to create a new international carbon market, bringing nearly a decade…
What the collapse of the Syrian regime says about the Arab region | Syria’s War
On December 8, after a rapid offensive that lasted less than two weeks, Syrian opposition forces entered Damascus and declared the end of Bashar al-Assad’s…
Ibn Khaldun’s asabiyya and Bashar al-Assad’s rapid downfall | Opinions
On November 27, a coalition of armed opposition groups, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began an offensive against government-held positions in Aleppo and Idlib…
Angola’s path to prosperity lies in its sun and soil, not its oil | Opinions
As Angola seeks a sustainable future, it is evident that the nation’s long-term prosperity lies in its sun and soil rather than its oil. Its…
No, President Yoon’s attempted coup was not a desperate act of nostalgia | Opinions
As always, the conventional wisdom is wrong. In the aftermath of the jarring events that rattled South Korea earlier this week, the instant consensus among…
Are we your perfect victims now? | Gaza
It feels strange to grieve Chef Mahmoud. There is something about mourning a stranger that condemns their real self to obscurity. I hesitate to grieve…
Trump has won the culture war | Donald Trump
Over the past month, American and international media has offered a myriad of analyses and opinions on the US elections and Donald Trump’s victory. Pundits…
This year, Arab-American political power came to the fore | Opinions
One of the major political developments in the United States that has gotten little attention in the wake of the Democrats’ astounding loss in the November…
Israel and the ICC: A legal scholar’s response to The Washington Post | Opinions
On November 24, The Washington Post’s editorial board published a piece in which it laid out its views on the arrest warrants for Israeli officials recently…
It’s time to tax fossil fuels and shipped goods to fund climate resilience | Opinions
A few days after the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku concluded, I reflected on the consequences of Hurricane Beryl ripping through the Caribbean five…
Loving it: Populist on populist violence | Opinions
I don’t know about you, but, recently, I have enjoyed watching an entertaining spasm of populist-on-populist violence. Perhaps “violence” is too strong a word. Populist-on-populist…
I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything | Israel-Palestine conflict
For over a year now, my family and I have been displaced from northern Gaza to Deir el-Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip.…
Apartheid economy continues to haunt South Africa | Health
On November 3, Lesedi Mulaudzi, a 10-year-old girl from Alexandra, a sprawling township in Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away from suspected food poisoning after eating snacks…