Ukraine is finding it difficult to join NATO because the bloc leadership sees the former Soviet republic more useful to it “as a human shield than a partner nation," says a journalist and commentator.

Israeli regime’s tactic of using extremist violence to quell the Palestinian resistance and crush the resolve and willpower of resistance fighters is doomed to fail, says a Palestinian analyst.

The first ministerial-level visit from India to Syria after a hiatus of seven years indicates that New Delhi is trying to re-engage with Damascus in the wake of Syria's return to the Arab and regional fold, says an Indian political and military analyst.

Jean Bricmont, a Belgian commentator and globally-renowned figure of the anti-imperialism movement, says the Global South was “waiting for an opportunity to revolt against the hegemon (US).

The settlement of the long-running dispute over the Arash or Al-Dorra gas field between Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia requires a “painful compromise” by all parties, says a university professor and geopolitical affairs analyst.

Iran's accession to the Shanghai Security Organization (SCO) allows the country to reap huge security and economic benefits and helps the regional grouping to advance towards its goal of creating a democratic international order, according to a former Iranian diplomat.

The process of normalization between Iran and Egypt can open a new chapter of regional integration, spur economic cooperation, and deter foreign powers from interfering in the region's affairs, says an analyst.

The retreat of Israeli forces in the face of the courageous retaliation by the Palestinian resistance in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin demonstrated that the equations have shifted, according to a Jerusalem al-Quds-based political expert and journalist.

Berlin-based student activist Kazem Darabi says Germany’s unjust legal system falsely charged and convicted him over the restaurant Mykonos shooting in Berlin, tearing his life apart.

Young French immigrants face alarming levels of segregation as well as surveillance and contempt from the security state, says a prominent journalist and documentary filmmaker.