Lebanon’s Dubious Second Wave and the Need to End Lockdown
Lebanon must end its lockdown or face economic, fiscal, and monetary disasters that pose an even greater threat to the country than COVID-19.
What Has Publicly Blaming Cyber Attacks on Governments Solved?
Blaming cyber attacks on governments has become routine, but has it resulted in accountability, punishment, or reduction in hostile cyber activities?
Afghan Peace is Now About the Art of the Possible, Not the Perfect
The current political crisis in Afghanistan is actually an important step towards a realistic peaceful solution: a political “unsettlement”.
COVID-19: What You Need to Know about Fatality Rates
Inherently overestimated COVID-19 fatality rates have created mass fear and panic, manufacturing consent for extreme and harmful authoritarian policies.
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Imperial College Model and Lockdown Endgame
The influential Imperial College model governments have used to justify economic shutdown shows that lockdown only delays and worsens the problem long-term.
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Where Do We Go from Here? (Introduction)
In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, governments have implemented authoritarian lockdown measures that could easily be doing more harm than good.
COVID-19 and Mass-Surveillance: Why South Korea’s approach is also anathema to civil liberties
Big Brother can do wonders during a pandemic, but the granularity of what it gleans is surpassed by the infringement on privacy that it can make.
WHO Experimenting on African Children without Informed Consent
The World Health Organization (WHO) is sponsoring a malaria vaccine study in African children without obtaining informed consent from parents.
Beyond Israeli Elections: Israel at the Cusp of a Bleak Era
Israelis now find themselves at the cusp of a new era defined by the breakdown of the country’s legal system, political crisis and social instability.
‘The Donald Trump I know’: Abbas’s UN Speech and the Breakdown of Palestinian Politics
The real danger in the ‘Deal of the Century’ is that the Palestinian Authority will find a way to co-exist with it at the expense of the Palestinian people.
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Why Do Taliban Continue to Kill If They Are Serious about Peace?
The Taliban must alter their zero-sum mentality and seriously commit to bringing peace to Afghanistan before it is too late.
