Analysis & Opinion

It is a travesty that in the 21st century the construction of a mega-hydropower-generation project, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been underway for over seven years without an independent, comprehensive transboundary Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) conducted first.

Here are several short-term and long-term consequences for Iran's energy sector from the U.S. about-face on the nuclear deal.

The U.S. has for years demanded Hamas give up its armed struggle, and now it is being admonished by the Trump administration for supporting a nonviolent protest movement.

A coalition of spoilsports is withholding aid until the regime goes. It's ordinary Syrians who will suffer.