Commentaries

Dalia Ghanem visited a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon and sheds light on the potentially devastating consequences of defunding UNRWA for its residents and for the security of the country.

It seems likely that India will use this year’s edition of the Raisina Dialogue to showcase its prowess on the global diplomatic stage – also with the upcoming elections in mind. But for ‘India’s Moment’ to come to fruition, the country’s rulers need to look beyond foreign policy achievements and deliver greater socio-economic equality for the population at large.

Against the backdrop of two major wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the EU is bracing for a pivotal year with two important elections: the European parliamentary elections and the US presidential elections, as well as crucial decisions on who gets appointed to the top jobs at the head of the EU’s institutions.

A decade after the Maidan uprising, EU leaders have made the historic decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. But is the initial mood of jubilation that greeted this decision misplaced?