The Next Stage of Russia-Iran Competition in Syria
What can we expect next in Syria? Look for Russia and Iran to do battle against each other. The last
ISIS’s Foreign Fighters from Europe Are Europe’s Responsibility
For at least four years now, since the self-declared caliphate of ISIS began to unravel, governments around the world have
Forty Years of US Policy Failure on Iran
When President Donald Trump trolled Iran by Tweeting “40 years of failure,” his Tweet could cut both ways: Forty years
Crown Prince’s Trip Sets Saudi Arabia to Be a Key Player in India and Pakistan
The visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Pakistan and India represents a new chapter in relations between
As Israel Prepares for Elections, Its People Think the Status Quo is Just Fine
Israel’s rightward political shift is fully underway as the country inches toward elections in April. With left-wing parties struggling to
The Only Real Solution to Climate Change May Be ‘Constructive Recession’
As speaker after speaker at the World Government Summit in Dubai this month took to the stage to fire off
Illuminating the ‘Light of the East’ Through Religious Tolerance
In 2013, long before Pope Francis’s historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula, the head of the Catholic Church said his
The Finish Line for Bouteflika Is the Starting Gun for a New Algerian Politics
The Zayyanid dynasty were the last Algerian rulers before Ottoman rule, and the last independent state on Algerian territory before
Do We Really Want Driverless Cars?
It is just 15 years since the US military’s defense research agency offered $1 million to anyone who could create
Iran’s Regional Ambitions Will Suffer After Losing Out in Iraq
Beset with its economic woes and with the looming question of finding a successor to its supreme leader, Iran will
Israel’s Relationship with China Reveals Much About Its Hubris
From the United States to Japan, Taiwan, the European Union and beyond, governments have been wary of Chinese technology making
Europe Faces an Unpalatable Choice over Mediterranean Migrants
For the 47 migrants stranded on a rescue ship off the coast of Italy for 10 days, the long ordeal
As Fish Stock Falls, Economic Development Puts More Pressure on Arabian Gulf Ecology
In a 17-minute black-and-white film made in 1954 and now held by the Imperial War Museum in London, a group
Religion’s ‘New Normal’ and How that Can Aid Future Political Settlements
Now that the Pope’s humble Kia Soul has been garaged and the detritus left by the adoring crowd of Christian
What Erdogan’s ‘Turkish Gaullism’ Means to the Middle East and the West
Samuel Huntington still cast a long shadow over modern Turkey. And that is unfortunate. The late Harvard professor once characterized
In Excusing European and American Right-Wing Groups’ Anti-Semitism, Israel’s Netanyahu Puts Lives at Risk
Each year, at the end of January, the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The somber occasion recognizes the anniversary
