New Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy warns that the Arab world risks being sidelined amid global instability, declining respect for international law and escalating regional conflicts. He urges Arab nations to take charge of their own future and rethink their approach to diplomacy.
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Egypt—the largest Arab country with nearly 120 million inhabitants—hasn’t received a single Iranian missile or drone since the start of the war, despite its close ties with Washington. Even so, the war threatens to derail Egypt’s economy, said Motaz Zahran, Cairo’s veteran ambassador to the United States.
Yemeni Ambassador Mohammed Al-Hadhrami thinks a change to the United States’ policy toward Yemen could defeat the Houthis – and keep U.S. troops out of harm’s way in the Red Sea area.
There are already signs that Iran is nervous about Donald Trump being elected in November: the Iranian currency fell by 20% when Trump swept the Republican nominating contests earlier this year.
Are embassies off-limits? Ecuadorian and Israeli actions suggest otherwise − and that sets a dangerous diplomatic precedent.
Roya Rahmani, 44, Afghanistan’s first female ambassador in Washington from 2018 to 2021, now fights for women’s rights around the world.
Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s envoy in Washington, wins NUSACC’s coveted 2022 “Ambassador of the Year” award.
Georgia and Armenia, which share not just democracy but also ancient Christian cultures, should work form an alliance to promote democratic values, and oppose the autocratic excesses of autocratic Russia, Iran and Turkey.
Yemen’s disastrous civil war, now in its eighth year, shows little sign of a resolution despite efforts to bring the country’s various warring factions to the negotiating table.
