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Netflix’s Perfect Strangers is a breath of fresh air | Opinions
On January 20, Netflix released Perfect Strangers, its first original feature film in Arabic. A remake of the Italian film…
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From Havana with love | Opinions
As I was preparing to travel from Mexico to Cuba in early February for a one-month stay, a Cuban friend…
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Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing, the US can help stop it | Opinions
The US can allow some money of the Afghan national reserves to be used for economic stabilisation under strict control.…
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The prospects of another American (un)civil war | Opinions
There are probably nicer ways to say it, but when I read that in a 2021 national poll, 46 percent…
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The US opioid epidemic, edition 2021 | Opinions
The other day in Mexico, I fell into conversation with an older gentleman from Virginia who had recently lost a…
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Havana Syndrome: an act of war or just an act? | Opinions
Once upon a time in Havana, Cuba, a strange thing happened. United States diplomats and CIA emissaries to the country…
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Will Afghanistan’s powerful neighbours engage the Taliban? | Opinions
The withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan is inevitably leaving a political vacuum in South and Central Asia.…
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Kenya’s cynical offensive against the ICJ | Opinions
When he was first elected in 2013, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, along with his running mate, William Ruto, was awaiting prosecution at…
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Can eSwatini’s monarchy recover from the ongoing crisis? | Opinions
Over the past few months, the Kingdom of eSwatini has experienced its worst bout of political violence in its postcolonial…
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For Kenya, electoral reform is a matter of life and death | Opinions
Last week Kenya received a wake-up call. A closely-fought by-election pitting candidates respectively sponsored by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his…
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