International cooperation is required to prevent anarchic situations developing and the unmasking of ever-present brutality and injustice that result… - Nayef Al-Rodhan

A lesser-known fact about the geopolitics of resources has escaped public polemics. This refers to rare earth metals or rare-earth elements (REMs), a set of 17 naturally occurring non-toxic materials, which play a pivotal role for emerging technologies and which are predominantly produced and exported from China.

The notion of innate knowledge (including moral knowledge) is rejected, but that of moral sensitivities is accepted.

The lack of collective dignity felt by so many in the Arab world is the result of a combination of internal autocratic and corrupt regimes, with predictable ineffective and unaccountable governance, supported by external actors with short-term geopolitical interests.