A Year Of Reckoning

The year since Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s retaliation have demonstrated once again that neither has learned anything from decades of horrific violence as they continue to miscalculate each other’s intentions and resolve Israeli-Palestinian relations have reached a new nadir in the year since Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s…

October 7, 2024 Read more

Iran’s Predicaments In The Wake Of Nasrallah’s Assassination

As Iran is currently weighing whether or not to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah, the US and Israel should make it possible for Tehran not to retaliate without losing face and potentially avert further escalation of the conflict if not a regional war. Following the assassination of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General…

September 30, 2024 Read more

Realities That Neither Israel Nor The Palestinians Can Wish Away

After 76 years of conflict laden with mutually disastrous mistakes, miscalculations, and missed opportunities, Israel and the Palestinians have created irrefutable political and factual realities they must now face In last week’s article entitled “The Four Psychological Dimensions Behind Hamas’ Attack and Israel’s Retaliation,” I explored how the historical, religious, ideological, and humanitarian dimensions have…

September 26, 2024 Read more

The Upcoming UNGA Convocation: A Crucial Moment For Global Issues

This article was originally published at Devex The upcoming United Nations General Assembly’s annual gathering comes at a time of extremely heightened international tension. For this reason, it must focus on three critical issues affecting every nation: climate change, human rights violations, and the pervasiveness of violence worldwide As the UN prepares for its annual…

September 23, 2024 Read more

The Four Psychological Dimensions Behind Hamas’ Attack And Israel’s Retaliation

Hamas’ attack and Israel’s retaliatory war are the dire by-products of decades-long psychological impediments—historical, ideological, religious, and humanitarian—that have hindered any progress toward a solution while making the conflict ever more intractable Hamas’s savage October 7 attack on Israel and the latter’s massive retaliatory war are rooted in four dimensions of psychological impediments—historical, ideological, religious,…

September 19, 2024 Read more

The Closure Of Parallel Institutions And Its Ramifications

Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s consistent efforts to assert Kosovo’s sovereignty over the predominantly ethnic Serb municipalities do not bolster Kosovo’s independence. Instead, Kurti’s misplaced efforts only strain EU-Kosovo ties while exposing his lack of confidence in Kosovo’s sovereign resiliency Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s decision to close five parallel institutions for the predominantly ethnic Serbians in…

September 5, 2024 Read more

US Support Of UN Organizations Must Remain Unabated

US financial support of various UN organizations is critical not only for the fulfillment of their humanitarian causes but also to serve America’s best national interests. Such support bolsters its global leadership role and influence, enabling it to walk on high moral ground During Donald Trump’s presidency, the United States withdrew from several international organizations….

September 3, 2024 Read more

Neutralizing Iran’s Nuclear Threat Without Force Or Sanctions

All past efforts to block Iran’s march toward becoming a nuclear power have failed. It is time for the US and Israel to develop a new strategy that factors in the possibility that Iran will become a nuclear power but renders it futile without using force or levying new sanctions while creating a new sustainable…

August 20, 2024 Read more

Netanyahu’s Scheming Has Hit A Dead End

Netanyahu feels that all stars are aligned together to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, but agreeing on a ceasefire with Hamas will deprive him of realizing this “historic opportunity” and jeopardize his political survival. His days of scheming have hit a dead end The Iranian Ambassador to the UN indicated last Friday that Tehran’s response to…

August 14, 2024 Read more
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