The Globalist

Why the popular uprising against corrupt national elites in oil-rich Kazakhstan has Putin and Russia so nervous.

Former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev may be the last barricade blocking a confrontation between Russia and Kazakstan.

Iranian support for Arab militias has long threatened Iran’s enemies. Now, the tide may be turning. The Iran-sponsored militias may be losing their usefulness for Iran.

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely clarify the Gulf’s security options. Are Russia and China alternatives?

Domestic peace at long last? Sudan’s fraught path to the ICC in The Hague.

Afghanistan could emerge as a venue for Middle Eastern rivalries.

The peace accord to end the civil war in South Sudan remains fragile and needs international support.

Global governance on immunization against COVID 19 has failed quite badly so far. The West will experience a blowback.

The recurring question of what freedom means in the political and the everyday world.

While tens of thousands of Yemeni men, women and children are dying from starvation and disease, the world is shamelessly watching with deafening silence.