Eyad Abu Shakra

The new war on Iran did not take anyone by surprise. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had openly laid the ground for it. While Netanyahu’s previous regional wars were justified under the banner of the “right to self-defense,” however, he was more explicit this time, invoking both the …

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” has long been a fundamental maxim of common political wisdom. Recent global and regional developments - all the ambiguity, ad hoc deals, and the conflation of strategy and tactics - are showing us why. Look, for example, at the behavior of the United…

A new episode in this season of the “series” America VS Iranian ended yesterday in the Omani capital, Muscat. Both sides striking a note that it was a “positive” start amid a torrent of speculation and divergent projections. Some await an imminent military showdown spurred by Israel. That remains…

It is difficult for an analyst to come away with an accurate picture of the deliberations of the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland). With such events, it is very useful to understand the atmosphere, body language, implicit messages, and positional “test signals.” The stances expressed in…

A year into the term of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, the debate rages on in a political environment that can hardly agree on a vision or an approach, and a population that harsh experiences have not taught the importance of reaching a bare minimum consensus. Today, Lebanon’s problems seem like…

From what we hear and read today, the question is no longer whether the US President Donald Trump will annex Greenland to the United States despite the opposition of its authorities and of the Kingdom of Denmark, under whose crown the island falls. Rather, it is Washington’s target that observers…

The world woke up to momentous developments in Venezuela yesterday. Despite their gravity, however, they were not unexpected. Indeed, neither US President Donald Trump nor his aides and generals hid their intention to invade Venezuela, overthrow its government, and install an alternative regime…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is rushing to establish “Greater Israel,” seems to have made unprecedented progress towards realizing his ambitions in 2025. In Israel, it is becoming increasingly clear that the man understands the rabid fundamentalism that has taken root and…

What does it feel like to constantly wake up to news that makes you feel like you belong to a bygone era, and that the principles you had lived by and believed in for decades have become obsolete? Millions, tens of millions, of us have realized that it had been a mirage. The ideals ingrained into…

The dynamics of “adaptation” to the regional shift in the Near East have reopened a number of dormant and postponed issues. As Israel’s pursuit of domination persists, the push for “normalization” is accelerating, sometimes in the name of political realism, and at other times in the name of betting…