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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionRaisi’s first 100 days: a bad omen for what lies ahead for IranHopes for a better future for Iran, amid resumption of talks on the nuclear deal, seem slim while the regime remains...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionIn Sudan’s new revolt, women and youth will not settle for less than full civilian ruleThe Sudanese people have made up their mind to defy the 25 October coup, and there is no way back
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionCan states be trusted to protect the public from radicalised extremists?An examination of the radicalisation that leads to violent extremism such as the Liverpool bombing must include the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionThe dilemma of Lebanese expats: to vote or not to vote?The shrouded line between casting a vote for change in Lebanon’s 2022 election or boycotting the system altogether
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureClimate change is killing Libya’s honey beesSweltering summers and cold winters as a result of climate change are hurting Libya’s traditional culture of...
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Published in: Podcasts: InterviewCass Sunstein: The moment I knew that US democracy was in mortal dangerThe world-leading behavourial economist used to think that warnings about the fragility of US democracy were 'crazy...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEgypt’s desertification is ruining fields, cutting crops and displacing farmersAgriculture accounts for 28% of all jobs in Egypt. With temperatures predicted to rise by 2-3% by 2050, many...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionKurdish group claims Turkey is using chemical weapons. Why is nobody investigating?The international community is failing in its duty to investigate allegations that Kurdish forces are being killed...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionIsrael has outlawed six Palestinian human rights organizations. Why?The groups were branded ‘terrorists’ and shut down, in a move that could be seen as linked to the International...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InvestigationThe Yemeni women and girls being illegally imprisonedWomen are being illegally detained for not having a male relative to whom they could be released or even under the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionSunak hides behind rose-tinted glasses as COVID and climate threats riseBudget ignores need for emission cuts, while government’s consistent incompetence puts Britons at greater risk from...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionLooking back, looking forward: inheriting the revolutions of the ‘Arab Spring’To mark the tenth anniversary of the ‘Arab Spring’, the Transnational Institute has produced a dossier documenting...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWill climate change stop Arabia from being Saudi?The power of the House of Saud is a direct product of the West’s obsession with oil – can it survive a global shift...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureKunduz to Kandahar: two explosions, one wounded communityIn Afghanistan, attacks on Shia worshippers escalate, bringing further trauma to a fractured society
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsUK tells trapped Afghan interpreters to escape on their ownMinistry of Defence criticised for ‘morally indefensible’ suggestion that former embassy workers should make...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s president has given himself unprecedented powers. How will he use them?Kais Saied has stressed his loyalty to ‘the suffering people’ – in his upcoming state budget we’ll find out if he meant it
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Global North caused the climate crisis. Now is the time to pay its duesExtreme weather changes are causing havoc in African states such as Zambia but they can’t afford a Green New Deal...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisDeadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountabilityAt least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDid democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?The appointment of the Arab world’s first woman prime minister in Tunisia cannot hide the country’s dismal economic...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerHow journalists around the world are taking action to help Afghan colleaguesFrom Italy to India, media workers have launched new initiatives to support colleagues from Afghanistan since the...
