Analyses
Ramin Jahanbegloo: “The Iranian People Are Tired of Dying Because of the Ayatollahs”
Giancarlo Bosetti 21 June 2025
Ramin Jahanbegloo, one of Iran’s preeminent intellectual figures, attends the conference ‘Peace, Democracy and Human Rights in Asia’ held under the auspices of former Czech president Vaclav Havel on September 11, 2009, in Prague. Other guests of this conference are Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Frederik Willem de Klerk, Rabiya Kadeer, head of the World Uighur Congress, Robert Menard of France, former Secretary-General of Reporters Without Bord and others philosophers and disidents.AFP PHOTO MICHAL CIZEK (Photo by MICHAL CIZEK / AFP)
  • Trump’s Old-World Vision Clashes with China’s 21st-Century Rise
    Seán Golden 7 February 2025
    Trump promised to impose 60 percent tariffs on Chinese trade immediately but has for the moment only imposed 10 percent. Whether this is an attempt to keep face with his voters or a tactical move in a longer-term strategy remains to be seen, as does China’s response and the global consequences. The initial Chinese response has been a cautious tit-for-tat, but the situation is fluid.
  • Israel’s “Forgotten” Hostages: Omri Miran’s Sister Says,
    “We, the Relatives, Are Now a Family.”
    Simone Disegni 5 February 2025
    Among the Israeli hostages in Gaza, some are still lost, while others are being released. With the ceasefire agreement now in effect, Hamas has begun releasing hostages who were kidnapped over 15 months ago. The first to be freed are women, the elderly, and children, as outlined in the agreement. However, a devastating blow to the families and all of Israel came in the last few hours: not all of the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the agreement – which lasts 42 days – are still alive. Some, likely 8, have died, and only their bodies will be returned. Hamas officially informed Israel, confirming intelligence reports. Meanwhile, there is still uncertainty about the fate of the other hostages not included in this first group. It’s estimated that 63 more hostages remain, most of them men.
  • For Trump, Is Gaza Merely Real Estate to be Developed?
    Hussein Ibish 5 February 2025
    Mr Trump seems to regard Palestinians as if they were obstreperous tenants in a New York property that he is looking to develop, who simply are in the way and must be gotten rid of. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in the past has waxed eloquent about creating beautiful beachfront property developments in Gaza, as if it were not one of the most squalid and overcrowded areas in the world, populated almost entirely by refugees from what became southern Israel in the late 1940s.
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    Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede: Why India’s Pilgrimages Keep Turning Deadly
    Raul Kumar 3 February 2025
    On January 28, 2025, a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, resulted in the deaths of at least 30 people and left hundreds injured. The incident at one of the world’s largest religious gatherings once again exposed the vulnerabilities of India’s mass pilgrimages. While such events are deeply embedded in the country’s cultural and religious fabric, they have increasingly become political battlegrounds where governance failures, political patronage, and infrastructural shortcomings intersect with faith.
  • The Ceasefire is Just a Band-Aid on a Mortal Wound
    Claudia De Martino 24 January 2025
    On January 19, just before President Trump’s inauguration, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect. While the agreement will not end the 15-month war on Gaza, it marks a significant breakthrough on one of the war’s key objectives outlined by the Israeli government: the release of the remaining hostages. This objective is also the one that enjoys the strongest public support with 57.5 percent of Israelis in favor. After months of negotiations in Qatar, the deal aims to secure the return of all hostages in three stages.
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    The Citizenship Battle Dividing Catholic America
    Matteo Muzio 22 January 2025
    One of the key points of Donald Trump’s new administration program is its commitment to abolish birthright citizenship (jus soli) on his first day as president, as he has declared repeatedly. This would involve using the executive order tool. It didn’t quite happen that way, but it came very close. The new occupant of the White House has signed an order directing federal agencies to stop accepting citizenship applications within thirty days from the children of people entering the country illegally.  The text suggests an attempt to get around current laws, as it simply ignores the applications without formally abolishing the right itself.
  • Modi’s India as a Foretaste of Trump 2.0
    Chandra Mallampalli 16 January 2025
    January 6 marks the fourth anniversary of an unprecedented attack on the United States Capitol and American democracy. Far more than advancing “the lie” about a stolen 2020 election, the insurrectionists of January 6 presented the world with an alternative understanding of America, one arising from fears of white replacement and steeped in Christian nationalist ideas and imagery. Despite being the only twice impeached U.S. president and a convicted felon, Donald Trump not only won the last election, but also gained majorities in both the Senate and the House and made inroads into Asian, Black, and Latino American communities that typically vote Democrat. These facts should prompt us to reframe January 6 not as a shameful setback for MAGA, but as a catalyst for the movement’s onward march. To what kind of America will Trump 2.0 take us? This is where a comparative lens can be useful.
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    Lebanon’s Solidarity Beyond Politics
    Nicole Hamouche 15 January 2025
    Despite political polarization, the shared experience of closeness in adversity has solidified the foundations of vivre ensemble, a defining aspect of the Lebanese identity, “because Lebanon is the witness of history, because religions are complementary, and because the people are one,” and “our identity, despite our diversity, is Lebanese,” as stated by the newly elected President, Joseph Aoun, in his inaugural speech.
  • Joseph Aoun Takes the Helm in Lebanon: The End of the “Iranian Era”
    Riccardo Cristiano 14 January 2025
    General Joseph Aoun, until now the commander-in-chief of the army, is the new president of Lebanon. This marks the end of a dramatic, thirty-year chapter in the troubled history of this small yet crucial country. After 26 months of a presidential vacuum, his election officially brings to an end the so-called “Iranian” era, during which Hezbollah, the Party of God, not only achieved military success but also made Lebanon the Mediterranean terminal for exporting the Khomeinist revolution.
  • Silence Isn’t Neutral: How Media Coverage Frames Global Crises
    Lucia Palmioli 7 January 2025
    The lack of journalistic coverage during conflicts like the one in Rwanda is not just oversight; it is a form of media framing. Media framing is the act of selecting and organizing information to make sense of events, deciding what to highlight or omit. This inevitable practice in journalism shapes public perception and politics. Some conflicts receive extensive coverage, while others remain in the shadows.
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