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Libya is without justice, peace and a functioning state
Fourteen years since the revolution, Libya’s institutional framework has undergone near-total dissolution, as evidenced by the state’s effective surrender of responsibility for core sovereign functions to nonstate actors.
The enemy of my enemy could be my enemy as well
Not every proverb that sounds plausible is necessarily universally true, and “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,†which is thought to originate from an Indian Sanskrit treatise, the Arthasastra, dating back to around the 4th century B.C., is no exception.
Has the Russia-Ukraine conflict taken a back seat?
Nearly 150 days after returning to the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump is no closer to brokering a lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia than he was on Day 1.
Net zero emissions? It’s time to embrace carbon negative
Despite the big push toward net zero, greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere are skyrocketing. The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat, and it is time to challenge conventional thinking.