PAUL B. STARES is General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he also directs the Center for Preventive Action.

While speaking to Mihir Swarup Sharma, Director of the Centre for Economy and Growth Programme, ORF at Firstpost’s IdeaPod, El Khatib said that Egypt and India are “two of the world’s greatest civilis ...

Cast your vote for the best Dispatch pet today! Israel carried out large-scale airstrikes on Hamas targets across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning—its first major bombardment of the enclave since ...

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Instability in the Horn of Africa region is leading to renewed tensions between landlocked Ethiopia and rival Eritrea after a ...

US insists it will target Houthis until Yemeni group withdraws threat to Red Sea shipping. Houthi rebels have claimed another ...

The Earth has seven continents that were once part of Pangaea, with Asia being the largest, Australia the smallest, and ...

Analysis - The civil war in Sudan that began in April 2023 involves several external actors. The conflict pits the Sudanese Armed Forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in a quest for ...

The US has launched its biggest military operation in the Middle East against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis since Donald Trump ...

In particular, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are providing financial and military support to the warring parties, although they ...

The US has launched a "decisive and powerful" wave of air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, President Donald Trump has said, ...

Although conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea appears likely, it is not an unavoidable outcome. Diplomatic engagement could ...