By Imran Zakeria / Kabul, Afghanistan* For the past 20 years, countries around the world, particularly Pakistan, Russia, and Iran, pursued anti-US policies until the pullout of US and coalition forces from Afghanistan. With the Taliban seizing power in Kabul, nations in the region are unwilling to recognize the Emirate and are waiting for a global response. Pakistan, an erstwhile ...
The early adoption of a position on the extraordinary actions taken by the Sudanese Sovereignty Council under the leadership of General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on October 25,will help sort political naivety from false idealism. Many human rights advocates like to call on the countries of the Middle East, including Sudan of course, to build Western-style democracies based on the ideas ...
While globally the COVID pandemic continues and only few countries have developed vaccination and the majority of the humanity is depending on so-called vaccine diplomacy to get access to prevention and cure, Cuba, an island of 11 million facing a fierce US blockade, has succeeded in developing its own vaccination. They are named Soberana 02 and Abdala. And now, Cuba ...
By Mehmet Kıvanç The Arab world searching its ways The “spring” is over. While the world is more occupied with topics like economic crisis and migrant flows, the Arab world has also started the quest for formulas to solve its own crises. With Biden declaring, “America is back” and reorienting the US towards China and Russia, it is possible to ...
“Patriots make you mad (…), because you are in favor of a globalization under American boots.” “Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations thesis was indeed right and accurate. Civilizations are rising through religions.” The statements above belong to Éric Zemmour, one of the potential candidates for the presidential elections in France on April 2022. Zemmour and Neo-nationalism Zemmour has rapidly become ...
By Chris Matlhako* The presidency of Biden has reversed the ‘normalisation of relations between the US and Cuba’, initiated by Barack Obama. In fact Biden has further tightened the criminal illegal economic and financial blockade against Cuba, beyond of what Donald Trump had put in place. Since the advent of the corona pandemic, the US has intensified its campaign of ...
Late last week the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity (GNU) of Libya suspended Najla al-Mangoush, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and barred her from travelling. Najwa Wahiba, a spokeswoman for the presidential council, announced this on Saturday. However, the decision was appealed by the Government of National Unity itself. The GNU said that ...
By Micaela Constantini* From Sunday October 31 until November 12, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP26, has taken place. It is the first face-to-face summit in two years, with the participation of delegates from almost all the countries that make up the UN, a large number of heads of state and government, experts on environmental issues, ...
During the COVID-19 crisis, many countries in the world launched stimulus measures to stop the deterioration of their productive and financial sectors. Rich nations, based on a growing indebtedness, have carried out unprecedented fiscal interventions to prevent economic collapse. How will that be paid for once the global recovery begins? The Global South has not had the same opportunity. Debt, ...
By Awad Abdulsebur Ahmad / Addis Abeba It’s been almost a year now since the armed conflict erupted in the northern part of Ethiopia in the country’s Tigray regional state. Despite a unilateral humanitarian ceasefire declared by the government of Ethiopia months ago with a view to provide humanitarian aid to the people affected by the conflict, the conflict has ...