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Kofi Annan's lessons in global leadership
Oped, Nane Annan, Mark Malloch-Brown, Comfort Ero, Susana Malcorra and Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Published on 09/06/2022
» The world is facing a set of acute crises without recent parallel: a war in Europe that could escalate into a nuclear conflict, skyrocketing food prices that are hitting the poor the hardest, the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. We need principled statesmen and women to forge bold, morally consistent responses to these and other global problems. Sadly, such leaders are in short supply.
Despite strong words, war with Iran not inevitable
News, Hussein Ibish, Bloomberg opinion columnist, Published on 06/01/2020
» Now that the US has taken out Qassem Soleimani, arguably the most important military figure in the 40-year history of the Islamic Republic, conventional wisdom holds that Tehran must respond with extreme prejudice. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has promised "severe retaliation", and his regime is putting out videos of thousands of Iranian mourners demanding vengeance.
The significance of Iran for the Arab world
News, Hussein Ibish, Published on 11/02/2019
» Iran has represented many things to many people during its 40 years of Islamic revolution. To the Arab world that surrounds it today, it's both a danger and an excuse.