The Illusion of Peace in the Middle East

The Middle East remains mired in cycles of conflict and apparent truce. Normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab countries (the Abraham Accords) and intermittent negotiations with Iran occasionally fuel hopes […]

Mali and the security crisis in the Western Sahel

In April 2026, Mali’s protracted security crisis reached a critical inflection point. A coordinated offensive by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and the secular […]