Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in the Colombo-based Sunday Island. As I have pointed out since the first term of the Trump administration, Donald Trump was never merely a leader
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The focal point: the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Enemy forces have captured seven key military bases, cutting off the major oil supplies of the free world. Your challenge is
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What does it mean to grow up in a state before it becomes a state, and to watch it expand beyond recognition within a single lifetime? How does a person who describes
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“Who do you say that I am?” (Jesus Christ, Matthew 16:15). “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40).
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Who decides the future of Iran? Who holds the authority to speak for a people under repression? These are questions that have guided the work of Emily Schrader, an American-born journalist, activist,
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Dr Melody Sucharewicz is a former spokesperson and strategic advisor for the Israeli government, with extensive experience in public diplomacy and communications in conflict situations. Born in Germany, she moved to Israel,
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“Something has gone terribly wrong… We are the victim of a system.” Ronny (formerly Aharon Leshno-Yaar), a former Israeli diplomat, doesn’t ease into his critique of the United Nations. After nearly four
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“This conflict with Iran is not regional. It is” – in his words – “a war really for the West, for free societies. And I am very much in favour of any
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What occurred in the waters south of Sri Lanka during the first week of March 2026 was not merely another violent episode in the long chronicle of maritime conflict. It was an
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Her trajectory into academia was not the result of a conventional intellectual progression but of rupture, recovery, and reorientation following frontline military service in the Israel Defense Forces. Rather than emerging from
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