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The Palestinian Authority Is Collapsing

Helping It Recover Is the Only Way to Save the Two-State Solution Since April, nine countries—Armenia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Ireland, Jamaica, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, and Trinidad and Tobago—have formally recognized the state of Palestine. Belgium, Luxembourg, and Malta have hinted that they may soon follow suit. So has the United …

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The European Green Deal: Consensus Or Conflict? – OpEd

My previous article was about the potential impacts of the outcomes of the European Parliament elections, held in early June, on energy and climate policies on this continent. The results were seen as a new victory for the far-right, which has long been on the rise in Europe. Although centre-right …

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Germany’s Closest Partner Slips Further Away – Analysis

About a year ago, Germany’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) was published after 18 months in the making. The lengthy paper is not really a strategy. Rather, it is a collection of all the things Berlin would like to do in an ideal world, describing Germany’s self-image as well as …

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Iran Update, July 16, 2024

Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian is articulating a foreign policy that is a continuation of the policies of his hardline predecessor even as Pezeshkian attempts to present himself to the West as a “reformist.” Pezeshkian penned an op-ed entitled “My Message to the World” in English-language, Foreign Ministry-affiliated outlet the Tehran …

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Parliament’s Patriots slam MEPs prevention of far-right vice presidencies

On Tuesday (16 July), the members of the European Parliament elected the institution’s vice-presidents, isolating the far-right political families from vice-president positions to secure the current state of the cordon sanitaire. Tuesday evening, newly elected members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted for the 14 vice presidents of President Roberta …

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