With its prominent position in the arms trade, and the impunity it grants countries like Saudi Arabia, Britain is playing with fire.
Given the current political forces in Baghdad and security realities in Mosul, an incremental approach is needed.
Recent developments on the ground are creating a localized Palestinian national discourse countering the threats that traditional political movements have failed to address.
While the ruins of Raqqa have changed hands, the drivers and impacts of the war remain open wounds.
The stories of two Palestinians reviving winemaking as a source of livelihood in Palestine and a reminder of the rich cultures and history that is often obscured by the conflict.
Any move to dismantle the nuclear deal will only relinquish the moral high ground to Iran, leaving the US as the isolated party.
A century later, and after several civil wars and invasions, not much has changed in how different Lebanese communities invent and reinvent their national identities.
Adaptation of a talk at the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, Vienna, hosted by the UN Special Information Programme on the Question of Palestine, 5-6 October 2017.
The regional hostile post-referendum moves may seem to leave the Kurds with little reason for optimism, but in Kurdistan, resistance never comes as a surprise.
The decreasing number of migrants arriving on Italian shores does not mean that the people stopped fleeing persecution, violence, or poverty, but simply stopped arriving. Where are they?
One can only wonder how the HRC can maintain its credibility while its member states are actively working against the council’s very raison d’être of protecting human rights.
