A quarter-century on from the 'Islamic' revolution, Iran's beleaguered economy and its reformist leader desperately need a deal to end sanctions. But will the ideologically-driven Khamenei allow it?
An intense battle for the Iraqi city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, hints at the background and future of the wider conflict.
It appears self-evident to a key Westminster committee that global insecurity requires a significant upgrade in UK military capability. Self-evident—and wrong.
אם ארגונים ישראליים לזכויות האדם מתויגים כשליחים של אינטרסים זרים בשל מקורות המימון שלהם, מה אומר הדבר על ישראל עצמה? תרומה לדיון בנושא "מימון ארגונים לזכויות האדם" ב- openGlobalRights. العربية ,English
If Israeli human rights groups are labeled fronts for foreign interests due to their funding, what does that make Israel itself? A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Funding for Human Rights. العربية עברית
إذا تم تصنيف جماعات حقوق الإنسان في إسرائيل على أنها واجهات لمصالح أجنبية بسبب تمويلها، ماذا يجعل ذلك من إسرائيل نفسها؟ مساهمة في النقاش على موقع openGlobalRights بشأن تمويل حقوق الإنسان. English ,עברית
Saudi Arabia, by committing itself to an unlimited military escalation in Yemen, has over-reached itself.
Tunisia faces the challenge of responding to security threats while avoiding a return of the security state that Tunisians rose up against in 2011. It's a rocky but clearly marked path.
The key to facing the challenge of radicalisation, while maintaining and making tangible the democratic gains since the revolution, is tackling on-going corruption.
The western intervention in Libya in 2011 failed to recognise the complex warp and weft of its pre-democratic tribal fabric. Only a regionally facilitated dialogue can repair the shattered state left behind.
Binyamin Netanyahu may have returned to power by disowning the two-state solution and scaremongering about Arab voters pre-election. But Palestinians in Israel have become a force to be reckoned with.
The terrorist attack in Tunis highlights the challenges facing Tunisia's new government and underlines the need for western support in meeting them.
