Will the ICC issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Sinwar?

On May 20, the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for five atrocity crimes suspects in the Israel-Hamas war. While ICC warrants don’t always result in arrests, they hold symbolic value, marking the accused as international pariahs, writes Kelebogile Zvobgo.

Meloni’s choice: Merkel, Thatcher, or Mussolini?

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plans to become the centerpiece of Atlantic conservatism have not worked out so far, argues Carlo Bastasin. Will Meloni become a European centrist stateswoman or return to her nationalist convictions?

The partially convergent Trump and Harris defense policies

Michael E. O'Hanlon points out that both the 2018 National Defense Strategy of the Trump-Pence administration and the 2022 National Defense Strategy of the Biden-Harris administration prioritize roughly the same things.

“[T]he disaster of the withdrawal... focused the conversation in America on Afghanistan to be just about the withdrawal. I fear that the larger lessons of the 20-year war have been lost along the way.”

September 11, 2024 | Madiha Afzal, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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