After the Pandemic: Covid-19 Exposes the Threat of Biological Warfare By Ellen Laipson - Apr 2, 2020

The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, has shaken confidence in the capacity of governments to respond to threats that the scientific and… Continue readingAfter the Pandemic: Covid-19 Exposes the Threat of Biological Warfare

After the Pandemic: China Aims to Increase Its Soft Power at America’s Expense By Christian Le Miere - Apr 1, 2020

In November 2008, in the midst of the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09, Rahm Emanuel, the soon-to-be chief of staff to President Barack Obama, made… Continue readingAfter the Pandemic: China Aims to Increase Its Soft Power at America’s Expense

After the Pandemic: Taming Iran’s Trouble-Making in the Middle East By Hussain Abdul-Hussain - Mar 30, 2020

Iran is facing a “war” with the coronavirus named Covid-19. Under multiple sanctions and out of money, Tehran is struggling to control the spread of… Continue readingAfter the Pandemic: Taming Iran’s Trouble-Making in the Middle East

After the Pandemic: The Fraying of The Middle East’s Most Valuable Resource — Its Social Bonds By Faisal Al Yafai - Mar 30, 2020

The coronavirus storm is coming to the Middle East. Since it has already passed through several countries, the impact is predictable, if incalculable: empty streets, widespread… Continue readingAfter the Pandemic: The Fraying of The Middle East’s Most Valuable Resource — Its Social Bonds

After the Pandemic: Globalization Is Here to Stay, But Will Need Reform By Henri J Barkey - Mar 27, 2020

A spate of new published articles in the press have suggested that the number one victim of the coronavirus is globalization. Some have lamented its… Continue readingAfter the Pandemic: Globalization Is Here to Stay, But Will Need Reform

After the Pandemic: Prices Have Slumped, But the World Still Needs Oil for Decades More By Afshin Molavi - Mar 26, 2020

Remember $165 oil? There might well be more than a touch of nostalgia in that question for oil industry executives and Middle East oil producers… Continue readingAfter the Pandemic: Prices Have Slumped, But the World Still Needs Oil for Decades More

Privacy in the Time of the Pandemic  By Joseph Dana - Mar 23, 2020

The uneven global response to the Covid-19 outbreak is a window into how governments are grappling with their monopoly on power. But this is not… Continue readingPrivacy in the Time of the Pandemic 

Climate Change Was a Threat to the World Before Covid-19 and Will Still Be a Threat After the Virus Is Gone By Jonathan Gornall - Mar 23, 2020

Remember climate change, the great existential cloud hanging over the human race and the entire planet? Perhaps not. After all, most of us are now increasingly… Continue readingClimate Change Was a Threat to the World Before Covid-19 and Will Still Be a Threat After the Virus Is Gone

How Will Oil Producers Fare in the New Price War? By Robin Mills - Mar 20, 2020

There are no winners from oil price wars. Surviving requires political strength more than economic strength; and then economic strength more than industry strength. Now… Continue readingHow Will Oil Producers Fare in the New Price War?

Stay Home and Help Save the World as Well as Yourselves By Jonathan Gornall - Mar 19, 2020

As the number of cases of Covid-19 increases exponentially around the world, it might seem insensitive to talk about the possible upsides of the virus,… Continue readingStay Home and Help Save the World as Well as Yourselves

Covid-19 Has Overturned Assumptions About Western Societies; It May Do the Same in the Middle East By Faisal Al Yafai - Mar 19, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is an extraordinary event, unprecedented in scale and reach, and with previously unimaginable political measures taken, especially in Europe, which is now… Continue readingCovid-19 Has Overturned Assumptions About Western Societies; It May Do the Same in the Middle East

The Oil Price Collapse Won’t Affect All Economies in the Same Way; the Problem Is, It’s Beyond Any Government’s Control By Christian Le Miere - Mar 15, 2020

On March 9, equity, energy, bond and currency markets all were launched into turmoil as the oil price collapsed. Hit by both a demand and… Continue readingThe Oil Price Collapse Won’t Affect All Economies in the Same Way; the Problem Is, It’s Beyond Any Government’s Control

In China, the Middle East and Beyond, Coronavirus Is Thawing Cold Diplomatic Relations By Faisal Al Yafai - Mar 15, 2020

In North Korea, it took the form of a letter; in Japan, a poem; in Canada, boxes of face masks; and in the UAE, a… Continue readingIn China, the Middle East and Beyond, Coronavirus Is Thawing Cold Diplomatic Relations

Hezbollah: The Curse of Lebanon By Hussain Abdul-Hussain - Mar 15, 2020

A Lebanese-American Pentagon contractor in Iraq has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information about US intelligence sources to an individual linked to Hezbollah.… Continue readingHezbollah: The Curse of Lebanon

After a Landmark Accord, a Hard Road to Peace Still Lies Ahead for Afghanistan By Faisel Pervaiz - Mar 12, 2020

By clinching an agreement with the Taliban, the United States has taken a major step toward ending the war in Afghanistan, the 18-year-long conflict that… Continue readingAfter a Landmark Accord, a Hard Road to Peace Still Lies Ahead for Afghanistan