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Trump should know mediating a Russia-Ukraine peace deal isn’t remotely similar to striking New York real-estate deals Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin before the Ukraine war. Image: X Screengrab The White House says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, with Ukrainian President …
March, 2025
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30 March
What to expect from Modi-Putin tete-e-tete
Arms, energy, Iran, Ukraine peacekeepers and tri-multipolarity all likely on the table when Putin heads to Delhi Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia, Brazil, on November 13, 2019. Photo: …
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29 March
Ahmad Obeidat and the Fine Line Between Security and Politics
By Engineer Saleem Al-Batayneh He has been described as one of the most important security and political figures in Jordan’s modern history—one whose career and impact warrant deep examination and analysis. A product of the security establishment, Ahmad Obeidat possesses an intricate understanding of both security and political …
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29 March
When Machines Go to War
The character of warfare has changed over millennia, but it has always remained a fundamentally human endeavor. What will happen when artificial intelligence commands it? The Department of the Air Force (DAF) believes the nature of war—not just its outward, superficial character—is about to metamorphose beyond recognition. The …
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29 March
Petro-Power: The Rise of Oil-Backed Trade in Africa’s Global Strategy
Oil-backed trade is helping African nations bypass financial constraints and sustain their economies by exchanging crude for refined fuels and services. The foundations of trade were built not on profit margins but on survival. Today, as global financial systems become increasingly fragmented and trade barriers are thrown up, …
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29 March
Scrambling For Peace
Scrambling to end the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds himself on one side trying to get the Russians (i.e. Vladimir Putin) to agree to a ceasefire, and Zelensky just hovering around somewhere – a man who can not figure out for certain how many y’s to put after …
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29 March
The Forgotten War: Two Years of Civil War in Sudan
Dr. Mussie Habte For two years now, Sudan has been sinking into a brutal civil war that has devastated the country and plunged its population into an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Twelve million people have been displaced, and hundreds of thousands have been killed. Women and girls have become …
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29 March
What is happening in the Middle East?
The war on Gaza has resumed, US airstrikes are targeting Yemen, and renewed threats loom over Lebanon and Iraq. In each of these arenas, there are clear American and Israeli objectives. US President Donald Trump views all these crises as interconnected, tied in one way or another to …
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29 March
The wound of the Syrian coast has not healed yet
Katia Ibrahim The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented 1,500 victims in the brutal massacres committed by armed factions against unarmed civilians on the Syrian coast. However, local sources and statistics confirm that the number exceeded five thousand martyrs, many of whom were buried in mass graves, others …
