The Global Alliance of Failed States
An alliance of failed states is threatening to disrupt the international order, but do they have the economic power or bonds of trust to challenge the free world? Read More Here
Author: lookingbeyondborders
What Friends Owe Friends
Why Washington Should Restrain Israeli Military Action in Gaza—and Preserve a Path to Peace. Read More Here
What Can COP28 Achieve?
The upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai has the potential to encourage further climate action, including policies that can lead to technological breakthroughs and much-needed rules on important technical issues, such as the use of offsets. Whether it succeeds depends entirely on execution. Read More Here
US in Frantic Bid to Avert Wider Israel War After Iran Warning
US asks Qatar and China to intercede and limit spillover as regional allies hope to nix involvement of Iran-backed proxies. Read More Here
Chinese Politics since Hu Jintao and the Origin of Xi Jinping’s Strongman Rule: A New Hypothesis
What is the origin of Xi Jinping’s strongman rule? A “victorious Xi” thesis argues that Xi simply won his fight to gain power. But this raises the question of where Xi found the political support to do so. Read More Here
The China Factor in the India-Tanzania Strategic Partnership
Tanzania’s skepticism toward China has opened new space for India to upgrade a longstanding partnership. Read More Here
The Scrambled Spectrum of U.S. Foreign-Policy Thinking
Presidents, officials, and candidates tend to fall into six camps that don’t follow party lines. Read More Here
The World Can No Longer Sideline the Israeli-Palestinian Issue. But the U.S. Doesn’t Have to Be the Only Broker.
For years, the U.S. pushed the issue to the sidelines in foreign policy. Insiders say it needs to take center stage again, and there might be a better way to do it this time. Read More Here Also Read: Hamas Has Fractured the Arab World
The Real Dividing Line in Israel-Palestine
While Hamas’s outrageous acts of terrorism should be condemned unconditionally, one must not confuse what is really at issue in the Holy Land. The choice is not one hardline faction or the other; it is between the fundamentalists on both sides and all those who still believe in the possibility of peaceful co-existence. Read More […]
The 1973 War Analogy Is Deeper Than You Think
The parallels from 50 years ago will shape the region’s battle today. Read More Here
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