Soft Power Divide: China Advances While the US Retreats
This perceived decline in U.S. soft power is creating opportunities for China to expand its influence. U.S. cultural dominance, once unquestioned, is
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Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War?
This could be the beginning of the end of the permanent state of war and Cold War that has held the world
‘Ceasefire’ is a hollow word for Palestinians – the killings, displacements and denial of aid continue
Such a bloody and suffocating state of ceasefire should not mislead anyone that Israel-Palestine is on a path of return to the
The End of Soft Power
So, for the next four years, fighting for the best programs of U.S. foreign aid will be part of the resistance to
Is the Alliance of the Sahelian States a Viable Alternative to ECOWAS?
Ultimately, no foreign power has the region’s best interests at heart. The fate of West Africa must be decided by West Africans
The EU needs to clarify where it stands on Gaza
What the EU seems to be rejecting is the Trump administration’s plan to ethnically cleanseGaza for prime real estate beachfront land. While
The Lost ‘Arab’: Gaza and the Evolving Language of the Palestinian Struggle
Though Palestinians have demonstrated that their sumud – steadfastness – is enough to repel all stratagems aimed at their very destruction, Arab
Generative AI, online platforms and compensation for content
The news industry provides a clear example of the complex relationship between platforms and content providers. News publishers worldwide have long sought
Why Is Europe Making Itself Irrelevant
The European talk of sending “peacekeepers” to Ukraine is nonsense. Putin intends a settlement, an over-and-done-with event, not a ceasefire with European
Never Again 1992
In line with the “values” of the 1990s war, when preparations were being made behind the trenches for the fire-sale of socially