Tue. May 12th, 2026

Aditi Bhaduri

Can Trump’s tricks settle the Syrian conflict?

While Trump has been posting tweets for his electorate, the U.S.-led international coalition carried out another air raid on the residential area in Idlib province, apparently against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) units.

Third Trump-Kim summit: a case of deflated ambitions

If anything these three Trump-Kim summits have seen President Trump turn Kim Jong-un from being a pariah ruler of his hermit kingdom to one who has had about a dozen summit meetings with world leaders in the last one year, something that puts Kim at the very center-stage of debates on international affairs.

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Is There a Plausible Alternative to The Two-State Solution?

two states were viewed not just as the indispensable basis for the long-term relationship between the two peoples, but also as the essential structure for serious negotiations on all outstanding issues, whatever the ultimate vision. In other words, it was as much “framework” as “solution.”

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