As we watch Afghanistan fall apart, is it vitally important the issue of drugs is not ignored. The incoming Taliban…
Waking up in a New World
With last week’s sudden capture of Kabul, the Taliban successfully took control over Afghanistan. But moments before the capital’s capture, President…
Yemen: Seven years of war
When the Ansar Allah forces (more commonly known as the Houthis) seized the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, in 2014, the…
Myanmar Refugees in India: Statement to the UNHRC 47th session
In response to the ever-deepening crisis in Myanmar, Emirilda Thabah submitted an oral intervention (below) to the 47th session of…
Lebanon: UN ECOSOC Statement
In response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to provide justice to all, the Next Century Foundation…
End Western Sanctions to Resolve the Lebanon Crisis?
U.S. sanctions on Lebanon have caused Lebanese nationals and residents as well as foreign investors to withdraw or hold off…
“Who killed me?”: Iraq protests reignite
The Spring of 2021 saw the October Revolution of 2019 reignite. Sparked by unlawful killings of activists, protests in Baghdad…
Can Putin and Biden solve the crisis in Idlib?
Joseph Biden is the fifth successive US president with whom Vladamir Putin has held bilateral talks. Moving on from President…
Iran’s new President – mistimed manufacturing?
In Iran many Foreign Policy decisions are made long in advance by committee. This can be a blessing. It produces…
Afghanistan: a Catastrophic Disaster
The situation in Afghanistan is accelerating but not the way it is meant to be. One could have hoped that…
“Biden to reverse Trump’s Golan Heights recognition” – fake news?
A report by an American conservative news website, late last month created uproar amongst the right wing in Israel. The…
A Roadmap for Yemen?
The Friends of South Yemen have put together this road map for the end of the civil war in Yemen.…
Healing the Nations Conference 2021
A seven-day online event by the Next Century Foundation. To be hosted from Monday, July 12th to Sunday, July 18th…
Of Peace and Prisoners and Palestine
Brand new episode from the podcast “This Week in the Middle East”. Hamas holds two of Israel’s citizens and the…
Drugs or crop subsidies in Afghanistan?
In 2004, the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Robert Charles said that cutting down the opium…
To Swap or Not To Swap? Prisoner Exchange in Palestine
The end of the 11-day war between Hamas and Israel has once again raised hopes of a prisoner exchange between…
The G7 and climate hypocrisy
Cornwall, June 2021. The leaders of the G7 come together to discuss the three big Cs – Covid, Climate Change…
A Glimmer of Hope from Jerusalem
As Israel’s new government was sworn into the Knesset on Sunday, a glimmer of hope seems to shine from Jerusalem.…
Afghanistan 2021: The Peace Process and Ways Forward.
After almost 20 years of war, the first direct peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan Government began in…
Women’s rights in Afghanistan – loud in their absence
Since the beginning of the intra-Afghan Doha peace talks last September, women’s rights have been hotly contested – through the…
Bahrain: Ali Alaswad talks with William Morris
Earlier this year, the Policy Studies Organisation of Washington and the Next Century Foundation co-hosted the Middle East Dialogue conference.…
OBE to Kids for Kids founder Patricia Parker
The Next Century Foundation was honoured to interview Patricia Parker OBE on her recent recognition in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.…
Russia throws the Cat amongst the Pigeons on Syria
Mohammed Al Ghabra, one of the senior Syrian members of the Next Century Foundation, has drawn this curious announcement to…
Western Sahara, the forgotten war
Inês Conde will be joining the team at the Next Century Foundation as a Research Officer shortly. The following reflections…
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