Nothing to Celebrate in Syria’s New Budget

Last month, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad approved a 2023 draft budget of 16.5 trillion Syrian pounds. Official media celebrated the figure, a 24
The Folly of Biden’s Foreign Policy

Despite US President Joe Biden’s affinity for the “rule-based international order” established after World War II, his foreign policy is hastening its
A Russia-Iran Trade Corridor to Nowhere

While Russia and Iran don’t always concur, their status as pariahs of the West has pushed them to work as an “axis of the