For many Americans, travelling abroad is an encounter with a history they were never properly taught. In countries where American military intervention has left destruction, political instability and collective trauma, the United States is not always remembered as the defender of freedom it presents...
The global economy does not simply reward work and innovation. It also rewards control over labour, ownership, information and political protection. From migrant workers and displaced families to offshore wealth and corporate supply chains, the struggle over who benefits from human vulnerability is ...
When a language becomes a symbol of national survival, defending it can be legitimate. But when speaking another language becomes grounds for suspicion, humiliation, or accusations of betrayal, defending national identity risks becoming a system of social control. Ukraine's language debate exposes a...
The Mediterranean is once again confronting a question that extends far beyond Greece, Turkey and Libya: when does a country's attempt to secure its maritime interests become a source of regional instability? Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives approved the controversial Turkey-Libya mari...
What has happened to the idea that an educated person should be guided by facts, reason and intellectual honesty? In debates about the war in Ukraine, it increasingly seems that the first question is no longer whether a claim is true, but whether it benefits the side one supports. A journalist is ac...
There is a fundamental contradiction at the heart of the Western international order: the United States and European powers routinely invoke democracy, sovereignty and the rules-based international system, yet their own conduct raises a persistent question. Do these principles apply equally to every...
The phrase "the French Revolution was history and still the future" captures something profound about modern politics. The French Revolution was not merely an event that happened between 1789 and 1799. It was the beginning of an idea that has continued to shape politics across continents and centuri...
The 81st United Nations General Assembly is taking place under a strikingly appropriate theme: “Restoring trust, managing transformation: a United Nations that delivers for all.” Yet perhaps the most important message emerging from this year’s General Debate is that many countries no longer believe...
There was something striking about Donald Trump's latest address to the United Nations General Assembly. The American president presented the future of Iran as a choice between reconstruction through an agreement and what he explicitly described as the annihilation of the Islamic Republic. Trump sai...
When Germany says it wants to take on more responsibility for Europe’s defence, the statement sounds measured, even overdue. For decades, Berlin has been criticised for doing too little militarily while benefiting from the security umbrella of others. Now, with shifting global dynamics and a more as...
Senator Lindsey Graham died late on the night of July 11, following what his office described as a brief and sudden illness. A preliminary report from the District of Columbia medical examiner listed the cause as an aortic dissection tied to cardiovascular disease. He was 71, and had returned from h...
War is often discussed in the language of strategy, territory, security and national interest. Yet beneath every calculation lies a more enduring reality: human lives lost, families divided, children deprived of their futures and societies permanently altered by violence.
In a recent reflection on...
There is a certain kind of question that forces a country to look in the mirror without flinching. Could Nigeria survive the kind of sustained, multi-decade sanctions imposed on Iran is one of those questions. It is not simply a thought experiment. It is a stress test of institutions, leadership, ec...
Somewhere in Lagos, on a humid evening in 2026, a man sits on a balcony staring into the darkness. The city is alive. Traffic crawls. Street vendors argue over prices. A church choir practises somewhere in the distance. A mosque's loudspeaker answers from another direction. Young people scroll throu...
