Hezbollah: The Curse of Lebanon
A Lebanese-American Pentagon contractor in Iraq has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information about US intelligence sources to
After a Landmark Accord, a Hard Road to Peace Still Lies Ahead for Afghanistan
By clinching an agreement with the Taliban, the United States has taken a major step toward ending the war in
University Rankings Are Mostly Meaningless
What to make of the 2020 Emerging Economies University Rankings, just published by the Times Higher Education magazine? Congratulations would
America Has Opened the Door to Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
After more than a year of talks in Qatar, the US and Afghanistan has signed a deal to bring peace
Erdogan Has Recovered from His Humiliation Over Idlib – But Only Because the Russians Allowed It
It has been a tough month for Turkey’s strong man president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey’s military incursion into Idlib, the
China’s Economic Rivals are Trying to Compete, but They’re Failing
China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has for the last five years dominated the international political discourse across Eurasia. A
Will ‘Peak Oil’ Mean the Decline of Arabian Gulf Economies?
Since the 1970s, analysts have sounded the alarm over “peak oil.” This does not mean a depletion of hydrocarbon resources
The US-Taliban Deal and Its Shaky Aftermath
The deal negotiated between the US government and the Afghan Taliban leadership and signed this weekend in Doha, Qatar, is
Iran Elections: A New Parliament of Hardliners Means More Strife at Home and More Tension Abroad
Iran’s recent highly managed parliamentary elections show that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his allies have abandoned all pretense
Iran Elections: With Hardliners in Charge, Tehran Now Has the Best Chance of Avoiding War with America
The victory of Iran’s conservatives in last week’s parliamentary election had many fathers. For one, the system was heavily rigged
From Roosevelt to Trump, a Straight Line in US Policy on Israel and Palestinians
Seventy-five years ago this month, in the dying days of World War II, a secret meeting took place between US
The Russians Meet Their Match in Libya
The past half-decade has seen Russia reenter the Middle East arena more forcefully than at any time since the collapse
After Rejecting Another Peace Plan, It’s Time for Palestinians to Come Up with Their Own
Whether President Donald Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, the “Vision for Peace,” is good or bad is highly debatable. What is
The Occupation of Palestine and the Closing of the Israeli Mind
Israeli academia has a long and convoluted relationship with the country’s political challenges. Broadly speaking, the academy and academics have
To Stop Being Plagued by Locusts, Mankind Must – Ironically – Copy Locusts
There’s a good reason why the locust is invoked in both the Bible and the Quran as the ultimate expression
The EU Has Learnt Nothing From Past Mistakes on Libya
The international community is suddenly getting serious about Libya. Since the Berlin summit in mid-January gathered together the main players
