Opinion

OPINION - Beyond arms embargo extensions: Building lasting peace in Libya

OPINION - Beyond arms embargo extensions: Building lasting peace in Libya

The path to peace in Libya is clear but fraught with difficulties; it will demand much greater courage, consensus, and commitment than have been demonstrated thus far.

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OPINION - Navigating the Trump maelstrom in international relations
26.11.2025

OPINION - Navigating the Trump maelstrom in international relations

If a world leader wants to successfully negotiate with Trump, they should, in front of the cameras, defer to Trump’s lead; behind closed doors, negotiate confidently, knowledgeably

OPINION - Ceasefire in Gaza: How Israel transformed humanitarian language into a weapon of war
21.11.2025

OPINION - Ceasefire in Gaza: How Israel transformed humanitarian language into a weapon of war

The language of humanitarian action has been incorporated into the context of strategy. That means the only realistic path to peace will involve more than ceasefires and corridors

OPINION - Ex-UN rapporteurs detained by Canada: A puzzling experience
20.11.2025

OPINION - Ex-UN rapporteurs detained by Canada: A puzzling experience

By keeping us from taking part in tribunal, authorities were pursuing a broader strategy of harassment directed at those critical of Israel’s behavior in relation to the Palestinian struggle to achieve basic rights

OPINION - A push for UN reform: A world bigger than 5
06.11.2025

OPINION - A push for UN reform: A world bigger than 5

UN reform would require the existing structure to evolve beyond the interests of a privileged few, and ensure the metrics of accountability are focused on all states in equal measure

OPINION - Israel’s environmental crimes: How and why settler occupiers are destroying olive trees
06.11.2025

OPINION - Israel’s environmental crimes: How and why settler occupiers are destroying olive trees

It is widely known that Israel’s policies aimed at eradicating olive trees are driven by goals such as making occupation permanent and clearing space for new settlements to be built in future