Behind Biden’s shift on Israel-Hamas war – Gaza deaths, international pressure
By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk US President Joe Biden and his team have markedly shifted their tone on the Israel-Hamas crisis in...
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China’s struggle to regain footing has global economic repercussions
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In recent decades, the Chinese economy has been expanding at a fast pace and has proved to be a...
Far too many ‘devils in the detail’
After 60 years of separation between the two Cypriot sides, a federal solution is a high-risk objective By Fahri Zihni The last time a framework...
The Greens need to redefine themselves
Two high-profile resignations have highlighted the disunity within the Cyprus Green party By Efi Xanthou Last week the political scene was jolted by a series...
The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: many voices, no shared vision
By Maxime Lefebvre The day after the barbaric attacks by Hamas on Israel, the EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Oliver Varhelyi of Hungary,...
The Yom Kippur war: what has changed in 50 years?
By Colin Smith Fifty years ago this weekend I was in Israel covering for the Observer the second week of what became known as the...
The changing security challenges for Cyprus
Neophytos Loizides, professor in international Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent, was interviewed by the Cyprus Mail on the main questions of regional security...
What’s at stake now for legitimacy in both Israel and the push for Palestinian self-determination?
By Andrew Thomas Hamas’ attack on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War was the deadliest single day in Israeli history. Showers of rockets,...
Keir Starmer’s chance to sparkle: Labour leader finally puts his working class credentials to work for him
By Alex Prior Starmer’s challenge in his speech to the Labour party conference was to present himself as a prime minister in waiting. To achieve...
World economic outlook: low growth and persistent inflation
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The global economy is undergoing a difficult period, characterised by the enduring geopolitical turmoil and uncertainty, which adversely affect...
