Will China come to Venezuela’s rescue?
Despite close ties with Caracas, Beijing is wary of getting dragged into a distant conflict.
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Norway’s green transition is putting Sami culture at risk
Wind farm expansion is threatening Sami land rights, livelihoods and an Indigenous way of life.
Why the Arab Spring was never a failure
The uprisings did not collapse into irrelevance. They transformed how millions understood citizenship and dignity.
The Arab Spring hasn’t ended, and Arab regimes know it
Fifteen years on, repression is deeper, dissent is criminalised, but democracy is still the public demand.
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Nigeria must not become America’s next battlefield
Inflammatory US rhetoric risks turning Nigeria’s internal crisis into an excuse for military intervention.
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Israel is imploding
Quietly, but steadily, the Israeli geopolitical clout is shrinking while the Israeli state is succumbing to dysfunction.
Europe’s efforts to undermine Trump’s plan on Ukraine may backfire
The European political elite still holds onto the belief that Ukraine can somehow prevail on the battlefield if funded.
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The real reason Israel wants to open the Rafah crossing
The Israeli government does not want to help Palestinians in need evacuate; it wants to expel us.
We now see the ugly face of Gaza’s ‘new normal’
Israel’s genocidal campaign has left behind a reality that our starved bodies cannot survive.
Why the Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire is failing
The truce did not address the root cause of the conflict. A new initiative with a clear enforcement mechanism is needed.
It is not too late for the world to redeem itself on Gaza
And it can do so by saving its children.
