Category: Politics & Diplomacy

Can Turkey help resolve the Israel-Hamas war?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has emerged as one of the world’s harshest critics of Israel’s response to Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack. Yet Erdoğan did aspire to secure a role for Turkey in de-escalating the conflict and to serve as a “guarantor” of a future ceasefire and peace agreement. Despite Erdoğan’s change in tone

Klain in Newsweek: No, Biden didn’t force Russia to invade Ukraine

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With Russia focused on Ukraine, Georgia should forge ahead boldly with its Euro-Atlantic ambitions

Georgia sits outside the European Union (EU) despite Georgians overwhelmingly supporting a Euro-Atlantic future. In 2022, a poll by the International Republican Institute found that 85 percent of Georgians wanted their country to join the EU, while Georgia’s constitution codifies EU and NATO membership as national priorities. Georgian ambitions received a boost in December 2023,

Why is the UN secretary-general so worried about Gaza but not Ukraine?

Article 99 of the United Nations (UN) Charter allows the UN secretary-general to “bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.” On December 6, 2023, invoking Article 99 for the first time since he took office, Secretary-General António Guterres called

An ugly truth in the Middle East

As tensions increase with Iran and its proxies in the Red Sea, it’s growing harder for Biden administration officials to avoid an ugly truth: The Iranian regime is pivotal to most of the Middle East’s worst problems, and US inattention will only make those problems worse. Hamas’s terrorist strike on October 7 wouldn’t have happened

Putin scents historic victory amid growing signs of Western weakness

When Vladimir Putin canceled his traditional end-of-year marathon press conference last winter, it was widely interpreted as proof that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was going badly wrong. This December the flagship event was back, and so was the swagger. Putin oozed confidence throughout his carefully choreographed question-and-answer session, which lasted for more than four

Opposition to Israel’s war for survival fails to understand Hamas’s goals

If, during a protest against Israel, you chant, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” then you are ultimately calling for the destruction of Israel, echoing a goal of Hamas, not the Palestinian cause. If you are a college president who, without hesitation or equivocation, does not immediately denounce “calling for the

Israeli President Herzog: ‘An amalgamation of forces’ will likely govern post-conflict Gaza

Watch the event Online Event Tue, December 19, 2023 • 2:00 pm ET President Isaac Herzog discusses the Israel-Hamas war and its impact on domestic and foreign policy AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT— President Isaac Herzog discussed the Israel-Hamas war, its humanitarian consequences, economic impact and influence on Israel’s regional and global relations. Conflict Economy & Business