Words matter. No more so than in legal settings.
Genocide is the word most associated with Israel's more than one-month-long assault on Gaza.
In response to the October 7 Hamas attack against Israel, in which at least 1,200, mostly civilian, Israelis...
By John P. Ruehl
Established Western economic institutions are facing a formidable challenge from Chinese newcomers, each side offering distinct and competitive lending strategies with far-reaching consequences for global infrastructure and development.
In October 2023, amid celebrations commemorating the 10th anniversary...
By Hany Abdel-Latif, Wenjie Chen, Michele Fornino and Henry Rawlings
The country’s economic engagement with the region is evolving, with implications for growth, trade, and investment
November 9, 2023
China has forged deep economic ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the...
ONE of the most intriguing questions at present is why Europe’s political leadership has become complicit in what appear to be US efforts at undermining European economies. The well-known American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, having already provided evidence that...
Hamas, the Islamist militia that controls Gaza, will likely emerge a victor regardless of how the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting ends.Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel, described by some analysts as the Jewish state’s 9/11, changes the dynamics of...
I consider the world was in an interregnum from 1990 to 2001. A bipolar world dominated by the West and the Soviet Union ended. A triumph of liberal democracy did not ensure world order. There were disorders at domestic...
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has analyzed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators in 90 countries, including 48 developing nations, to provide cost estimates for achieving the SDGs. This analysis, released during the UN's SDG Summit,...
Saudi and Iranian sports have politics written into their DNA.
Little more than a decade ago, Saudi Arabia fielded three expatriate Saudi women athletes at the 2012 London Olympics to avoid an International Olympic Committee (IOC) ban on participation.
The IOC...
In his congratulatory message to Maldives’ President-elect Mohamed Muizzu, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated on social media that ‘India remains committed to strengthening the time-tested… bilateral relationship and enhancing our overall cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region’. The...
The Group of 77 (G77), consisting of 134 developing countries, concluded a two-day summit in Havana, Cuba, with a call for a new global order. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who chairs the organization, emphasized that it's time for the...
