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Israel. To Secretary of State Blinken: Repatriating Israeli Captives Is a Basic Humanitarian Right under International Conventions (Alan Baker, JCPA)

Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul, Avera Mengistu, and Hisham al-Sayed During the August 27, 2021, meeting in Washington between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, President Joe Biden,...

Iraq. The Water Shortage Crisis in Iraq (Bahrooz Jaafar, BESA Center)

Iraqi woman on parched land in southern Iraq, image via MEMRI The Middle East and North Africa are dry, with higher temperatures, fewer rivers, and...

Africa. Africa Must Produce Its Own Vaccines (Landry Signé, Project-Syndicate)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa has relied on bilateral agreements and multilateral platforms like COVAX to deliver vaccine doses. But these have proved far...

Afghanistan. The Economic Roots of the Afghan Debacle (Daniel Gros, Project-Syndicate)

Afghanistan experienced rapid economic growth in the decade following the US invasion and the ouster of the Taliban. But the subsequent stagnation of living...

Ecocide. Prosecuting Ecocide (Kate Mackintosh, Jojo Mehta, Richard Rogers, Project-Syndicate)

As proliferating disasters starkly demonstrate, severe damage to the environment is a crime against everyone. Rather than leave it to regulation by individual states,...

Europe. Europe’s New Refugee Crisis (Sławomir Sierakowski, Project-Syndicate)

The meltdown in Afghanistan has brought Europe's rancorous debate over immigration and asylum back to the fore. The new front line is the border...

UK/Afghanistan. UK Asked to Include Afghan Special Forces in British Army (The Defense Post)

 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers march during a ceremony in a military base in the Guzara district of Herat province on February 28, 2019....

China/South Korea. China, South Korea Military Relations ‘Restored’: Report (Hercules Reyes, The Defense Post)

China's People's Liberation Army. Photo: AFP After more than three years, it seems that China and South Korea have mended their military relationship, as reports...

Turkey. Turkish Military Adds Locally-Produced Armed ‘Akinci’ Drone to Its Fleet (Hercules Reyes, The Defense Post)

President Erdogan during the unveiling of the Akinci drone. Photo: Precidency of the Republic of Turkey The Turkish military has added another locally-produced armed drone to its...

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