Predicting the future is a hazardous undertaking.This is particularly true of international relations. Richard Haass, the former President of the New…

The emergency Arab Summit is taking place in Riyadh today, 10 November, amidst the relentless Israeli brutal onslaught on Gaza.Observers will be…

United Nations Day takes place on 24 October, and provides an opportunity to consider the accomplishments – and the shortcomings – of the world’s…

In every crisis, there is an opportunity.That is true of the present tragedy that is unfolding in Gaza. It is also true for the Palestinian-Israeli…

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, added that military cooperation was "over" and…

The dust has yet to settle on the coup d’etat that toppled President Mohamed Barzoum of Niger on 10 July.What makes this event particularly…

Africa is back at the centre of international attention after two major events in July. The second Russia-Africa summit and then the coup d’etat in…

Just before last week's Nato summit in Vilnius, Turkey grabbed headlines by dropping its objections to Sweden joining the alliance. It was a shocking…

Once a country commits a serious strategic miscalculation, it then goes into damage control mode. Any action it takes to rectify the misstep can soon…

Syria’s return to the Arab League, on show to the world at May’s Jeddah Summit, ended over a decade of diplomatic isolation for Damascus.It started…