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Reimagining global health

Dismissing Africa as a ‘junior partner’ when it comes to shaping health policy isn’t just outdated — it’s a strategic failure with global consequences

By Atunde Ahmed Olarewaju

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In the eye of the storm

The Iran-Israel conflict tests more than alliances. In Iraq, it exposes a fragile state’s unresolved question: who really sets its foreign policy?

By Ali Taher Alhammood

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A new country in the Pacific — Bougainville

This small archipelago looks destined to become a symbol of a far larger tectonic shift

By Barbara Barkhausen

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Axis of what now?

With their deterrence strategy in ruins, Iran’s leaders may face a historic choice: double down, or open up

By Marcus Schneider

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When distant wars hit close to home

From fuel prices to defence gaps, Africa’s reliance on global systems is being tested by far-off crises. Stronger local frameworks are needed

By Zikora Ibeh

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One thing is certain

Negotiations are the only way to permanently end Iran’s nuclear programme

By Rolf Mützenich

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The price of obedience

Europe must stop blindly obeying Trump’s five-percent demand and start building real military power — or suffer the consequences

By Sven Biscop

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Spend or splinter?

NATO will not be able to work as it has in the past. New realities require addressing broader issues than simply increasing defence spending

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

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Hidden in plain sight

The EU’s hands-off approach to the Morocco-Algeria conflict is backfiring — the cost of non-engagement is clear, and so are the opportunities

By Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria

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Guardians of the broken order

The collapse of consensus on global development threatens more than progress — it jeopardises peace. The EU must lead, not by default but by design

By Reinhold Brender