Opinion

Ambassador Abdel Mahmoud Abdel Halim From my window at dawn, I watched the disc of the sun struggling to emerge from the grip of a tropical cloud that had closed around it. Gradually, too, its rays began attempting to climb the…

Abdulrahman Abdullah Mohammed When we examine the outcomes of some of history’s great revolutions—the French, Russian and Iranian Revolutions—we encounter a recurring paradox: at some point, revolutionary leaders slip from the…

Ambassador Khalid Musa Dafalla It was a troubled night. The faces of the dead passed before me like clouds, as I drifted between sleep and wakefulness, until I realised that it was a dream from the realm of signs, where the ascents of the…

Dr Mohamed Yousif Hassan In politics, major negotiations are not announced loudly. They are preceded by small signals, whispered by states to one another before they are whispered to the world. After the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader…

Fouad Qabbani If Khartoum is the political heart of Sudan, then El Obeid is its economic heart — the very navel of the country, where roads converge, interests intersect, and commercial activity has flourished for centuries. The modern…

Nu’man Yousif Mohamed Sudan’s post-war phase can no longer afford to recycle old questions or replicate tools that have already demonstrated their limitations. The real challenge is not merely to restart what has ceased to function or to…

Dr Ammar Abkar Abdallah On 30 June 2026, Policy Paper No. 72 was published in Egypt as part of the IDSC Policy Perspective series under the title, “The Water Situation in Egypt, the Challenges of Climate Change, and Efforts to Enhance…

Dr Al-Haitham Al-Kindi Yousif Al-Hajla is a traditional children’s game. Our generation watched our sisters and their friends play it: one girl would jump, eyes closed, inside squares drawn on the ground, moving a small stone with her foot…

Dr Ahmed Abdelbagi Advantages of Solar Photovoltaic Power Purchase Agreements under the Malaysian Model Some of the principal advantages of solar photovoltaic Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) under the Malaysian model include the…

Adel Al-Rifai Abu Al-Hassan If the previous article examined how the state can turn adversity into opportunity through the conscious and intelligent management of the consequences of war, this article moves from managing outcomes to…