Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

In Myanmar, A Tragedy Atop A Crisis

Aftershocks, airstrikes, and aid restrictions hamper emergency response efforts, but fragile pauses on armed offensives offer some hope
April 3, 2025
Steve Ross
Commentary

Navigating Security, Economy, and Diplomacy in Post-Assad Syria

Syria’s interim government faces urgent security and economic challenges while seeking domestic and international legitimacy.
April 1, 2025
Alexander Langlois
Commentary

Pragmatism Shapes Growing GCC Engagement With the Taliban

The de-facto normalization of relations between GCC nations and the Taliban reflects the Gulf’s interest in seeing Afghanistan stabilize.
March 28, 2025
Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco
Commentary

Facing the Future: Global South Climate Priorities in Trump’s Second Term

Global South actors have an opportunity to step up as U.S. climate cooperation is scaled back under the second Trump administration.
March 28, 2025
Aude Darnal
Commentary

No Easy Solutions For Iran’s Water Shortages and Power Outages

Addressing water challenges necessitates sustainable management, conservation, diversified sources such as desalination, and climate change mitigation.
March 26, 2025
Anonymous
Commentary

Undermining A Landmark Landmine Convention

Biden’s 2024 decision to send antipersonnel landmines set the stage for recent European withdrawal from the global convention.
March 24, 2025
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Starlink Can Curb Southeast Asia’s Cyber Scam Industry – If They Choose

Online scam networks are leveraging satellite technology, highlighting the need for stronger enforcement and corporate responsibility.
March 21, 2025
Allison Pytlak
Commentary

The Relevance of the Astana Process in Post-Assad Syria

The Astana Process may still be significant in managing the emerging status quo, especially as ties between Europe and the United States
March 20, 2025
Ilya Roubanis
Commentary

Policy Void: What Trump’s Rescinding of the U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Means

How the absence of a Conventional Arms Transfer policy could disrupt the U.S. security cooperation and assistance enterprise.
March 20, 2025
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Will Gulf States Invest in Lebanon Again Amid Hezbollah’s Decline?

With new leadership in Beirut, Hezbollah weakened, and Syria’s Ba’athist regime overthrown, GCC states cautiously reconsider repairing ties with Lebanon.
March 17, 2025
Giorgio Cafiero
Commentary

Azerbaijan’s Deepening Energy Ties With Israel

Azerbaijan has boosted ties with Israel despite Israel’s harsh prosecution of the Gaza war since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023.
March 11, 2025
Fuad Shahbazov
Commentary

Iran’s Crisis Deepens as Informal Networks Flourish

Hardliners’ new assault on the Pezeshkian government in Iran highlights enduring barriers to reform and reconciliation with the West.
March 10, 2025
Mohammad Salami
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