As has been widely reported, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Rome in his usual style, saying that Israel would “soon disappear from the map”. But a close reading of his speech here at the UN food summit shows that actually, that’s just the start of his plans:
In conclusion … I pray to God Almighty for the removal of the problem of humanity …
A translation error? Or a fiendish plot? Who can tell?
If the politics of climate change end up polarised, is that so bad? No – it’s disastrous. Or so I’ve long thought. Look at the US – where climate is even more polarised than abortion. Result: decades of flip flopping. Ambition under Clinton; reversal...
Official development assistance (ODA) – or aid – is a small but conspicuous pillar of the international order, and its frailties are being exposed by COVID as surely as those of the other foundations of this order. The assumptions underpinning aid and its management...
Since its onset, one striking feature of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has been the narrative power of its novelty. This global narrative depicts COVID-19 pushing humanity towards a ‘historical divide’ of BC and AC (before and after COVID-19), where unknown,...