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Five ships line up alongside each other during BALTOPS 2020. From left to right LVNS Tālivaldis (Latvia), ENS Sakala (estonia), FGS Werra (Germany), ENS Wambola (Estonia), ORP Druzno (Poland). The maritime exercise BALTOPS 2020 involved around 30 ships from 19 NATO Allies and partner nations. It's an annual exercise and it ran from 7-16 June 2020. Photo credit: NATO
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Crowded Pond

NATO has wrestled with how to defend its Baltic member states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania ever since their accession to the Alliance in 2004…

Felix K. Chang 23 December , 2021
Abdelkader Zaoui
Culture & Social Affairs

The Abrahamic Religion: Scholars Issue ‘Prejudice, Slander’ Statement

In February 2021, the International Union of Muslim Scholars’ (IUMS) Da’wah (calling for Islam) Committee issued a press statement saying it had…

Abdelkader Zaoui 21 December , 2021
The Biden administration should pursue a step-by-step de-escalation by both sides. (Photo: Reuters)
Politics

A Deal Is Still Possible in Syria

As U.S. President Joe Biden and his team focus on the Iran nuclear file, the war in Syria remains a festering wound at the heart of the Middle East…

James F. Jeffrey 20 December , 2021
Tension Fueled at Sudanese-Ethiopian Borders… Is  War Looming?
Politics

Tension Fueled at Sudanese-Ethiopian Borders… Is War Looming?

The military and political tension between Sudan and Ethiopia has recently escalated amid an acceleration of events and growing internal conflict in…

Khaled Makhlouf – Cairo 20 December , 2021

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December, 2021
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda attend a news conference in Ivano-Frankivsk Region

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Farmers shout slogans as they block railway tracks during a demonstration demanding compensations and jobs for the families of those who died during protests against the central government's agricultural reforms and other economic issues at Devi D

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A man knits traditional Banarasi Saree in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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People dressed in Santa Claus costumes pose for a photo before a rally, ahead of Christmas celebrations in Peshawar, Pakistan December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

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Alpine Skiing - FIS Ski World Cup - Men's Giant Slalom - Alta Badia, Italy - December 20, 2021 Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner reacts after his second run REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

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Children attend class in make-shift classrooms at a camp for the displaced by the village of Killi, near Bab al-Hawa by the border with Turkey, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on December 20, 2021. (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP)

Matthew Yglesias - China
Politics

Three American Opinions: Biden’s Democracy Summit

The recent Democracy Summit that was called for by President Joe Biden was criticized for more than one reason, including the countries that were…

Mohammad Ali Salih 19 December , 2021
Turkish financial expert Cüneyt Akman
Business & Economy

Turkish Expert Asserts Continued Loss of Lira Amid Unchanged Economic Policies

The Turkish lira continues to touch record lows, the first of its kind, at a time when the Central Bank is trying to control its exchange rate…

Jiwan Soz 19 December , 2021
Tarek Heggy
Culture & Social Affairs

Women Facing Injustice throughout History

Women are responsible for their inhumane situation in the societies of our Arabic-speaking region. This is one of the recurring “unscholarly”…

Tarek Heggy 19 December , 2021
Saif Al-Abri
Politics

Are the Bretton Woods Institutions Apolitical or a Mere Tool of Imperialism?

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are intergovernmental institutions founded in 1944 which greatly influence world development…

Saif Al Abri 19 December , 2021
Gamal Abdel Maboud
Culture & Social Affairs

Human Journey Characterized by Fantasy

Eric Blair, who is known by his pen name George Orwell, was eerily accurate in the predictions he made in his novel, dubbed “Nineteen Eighty-Four,”…

Gamal Abd El-Maboud 19 December , 2021
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Iraq at risk of fragmentation

22, Oct 2026

This week's cover story details how militia influence undermines state institutions, deepens sectarian divisions and creates security vacuums that IS could exploit

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The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

23, Oct 2026

Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

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A general view of the Cairo Citadel overlooking parts of Taiz, Yemen, on 24 May 2022. Reuters
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Taiz: a centre for enlightenment and cultural coexistence

22, Oct 2026

The ancient city is the latest target of a Houthi battle for territory, identity, and the country's future

Anwar Al-Ansi
A worker counts money at a petrol station in Cairo on 26 July 2024, as Egypt’s government announced yesterday a new increase in fuel prices. AHMED HASAN / AFP
Business & Economy

How the Egyptian economy weathered regional turmoil

22, Oct 2026

Saved from default in 2024, Egypt's macroeconomic policies and central bank flexibility have helped steady the ship amid the fallout of Israel's war on Gaza and the US war on Iran

Sharif Mohammad
A supporter wears a T-shirt of opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro during a rally to launch his runoff campaign in Goiania, Brazil, on 6 October 2026. AP Photo/Eraldo Peres
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Flávio Bolsonaro: Brazil's next president?

18, Oct 2026

Lula's challenger won 47% of the vote in first-round polls. Will he win the run-off, too?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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