Author: Jeffrey D. Sachs

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U.S. President Donald Trump gives a speech at the White House in Washington (photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s Syria withdrawal

A chance for peace?

Trump's withdrawal from Syria could indeed be a dangerous prelude to an expanded regional war. Yet with imagination and diplomacy the withdrawal could also be an important step on the difficult road to peace in the region, argues Jeffrey D. SachsMore

U.S. politics in Syria: Trump, Syria – and the threat of regional conflagrationBattle for Syria: Trump's constructive ignoranceWar in Syria: Ending America′s disastrous role
Protests in New York against U.S. airstrikes in Syria on 7 April 2017 (photo: Getty Images/AFP)

War in Syria

Ending America′s disastrous role

Much of the carnage that has ravaged Syria during the past seven years is due to the actions of the United States and its allies in the Middle East. By Jeffrey D. SachsMore

Syria and the war against IS: Strange bedfellowsEnding the civil war: For a different SyriaBattle for Syria: Trump's constructive ignorance
Military jet fly-by at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh during Trump's presidential visit to Saudi Arabia, 20.05.2017 (photo: picture-alliance/dpa/ZUMA Wire/A. Hanks)

America′s dangerous anti-Iran posturing

For a farewell to arms

The Middle East is fraught with bitter national and sectarian conflicts that realistically can only be solved by compromise. Rather than another round of demonisation, what the region needs, argues Jeffrey Sachs, is an era of diplomacy that focuses on normalising relationsMore

Solving the conflicts in the Middle East: Tracing the fault linesMiddle East peace process: Playing the Trump card?The West and the Islamic world: Diplomatic hubris
Middle Eastern wasteland (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Geopolitics in the Middle East

A new century dawns

There is no doubt that the crisis-riven Middle East is beset by some unique challenges. As Jeffrey Sachs argues, however, these are not the Sunni-Shia political divide, the future of Assad or other doctrinal disputes, but rather the unmet need for quality education, job skills, advanced technologies and sustainable developmentMore

Historical roots of the current Middle East crisis: The end of an artificial constructThe geopolitical situation in the Middle East: Between terror and the dissolution of orderStrategies for combating IS: Plea for a wide-angled view of the Arab world

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When all you feel is cold: at the end of October, Vucjak refugee camp got a foretaste of winter. Temperatures in Bosnia plummeted to well below ten degrees Celsius. Most migrants are not equipped for the cold and therefore depend on donated clothing and blankets. Some do not even have proper shoes

Winter approaches in Bosnia's Vucjak camp

Vucjak refugee camp in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina has existed since the summer. The conditions there are unacceptable: it is filthy, unhygienic, lacking in everything. And now the winter is approaching. From Uta Steinwehr