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World Zionist Congress Passes Historic Resolution as New Administration Pursues Regional Stability The 39th World Zionist Congress convened in Jerusalem from October 28–29, 2025. World Zionist Congresses choose who will occupy leadership positions, and determine policy for the World Zionist…

In a time when corruption continues to bleed the nation dry, artists across the Philippines are joining the Concerned Artists of the Philippines’ (CAP) campaign called KORAPTOBER. This movement transforms anger and frustration into creativity, calling out the systems of…

Goodwill gestures are meant to make the recipient trust whoever does them with the expectation that they’ll then be reciprocated for improving their relations. Putin offered in late September to extend the New START, which is the last arms control pact between…

If there is one thing modern societies have learned from pandemic years and chronic inequality, it is that health is not a private matter. The spread of illness—biological, social, and moral—exposes how deeply our lives are intertwined. Yet we still…

Each part of what’s arguably Trump’s new three-phase strategy against Russia has its drawbacks. Trump’s latest escalation against Russia took the form of imposing severe sanctions against its top two energy companies, canceling his planned meeting with Putin, and now declaring that they won’t…

Over the past years, the question of adopting necessary reforms has been raised for the African Union, the continental organization comprising 55 African countries. Concretely, as far back as 2016, African leaders decided that institutional reforms of the African Union…

Algeria, endowed with abundant natural resources, a dynamic youth population, and a history of struggle for independence, is undergoing significant economic transformation. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s initiatives during his second term reflect a strong commitment to modernizing the national economy. However,…

It might succeed in terms of optics, but this won’t make any substantive difference in reality. The US’ latest sanctions against Russia, the first under the second Trump Administration, are intended less as a weapon against the Russian economy and more as a means…

by George Banez Picture our destination —  the tiny island of Rapu Rapu, just  22 mi (36km) from the port of Legazpi City on the western shores of Albay Gulf.  In 2013, it took us over three hours to reach it…

In the game of geopolitics, perhaps the most important rule is ‘self-interest first’. In Rakhine, Myanmar’s every internal actor, including the military junta, the civilian govt. (NLD) and the United League of Arakan (ULA) or the Arakan Army (AA) sought…