President Joe Biden performed better than expected in the Midterms, which pollsters had predicted Democrats would lose. Despite the failures of his first two years in office, with the country in an economic downturn, inflation rising to 8 percent, and fuel prices increasing. And the economy…

This September has brought major developments to the fore, with more pivotal events yet looming. The most significant and dangerous of them may be the outcomes of bloody turmoil and violence in the streets of Baghdad between supporters of Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and his opponents in the Iran…

I was struck by a comment on the article I wrote last week: Biden...Summertime Santa Claus?, which discussed Washington potentially returning to the nuclear agreement. “If Biden plays Santa Claus in the summer, the US administration will certainly take its presents back before Christmas….” “Biden…

US State Department Spokesman Ned Price spoke bluntly about the potential to conclude a nuclear deal despite the demands Iran has added. “We don’t approach this through the lens of a pessimistic view or with an optimistic view, in part because of the stakes of this. We have to be clear-eyed…

Our colleague Nadim Koteich wrote about ‘two Middle Easts’ in this newspaper’s column; one of the two encompasses the countries of moderation and peace, and the second is the axis controlled by Iran. This assessment began crystalizing through meetings between the region’s heads of state and the…

I have an experienced Lebanese politician’s comment about the elections in mind. The ‘excess’ of comments and analyses since the date of the elections was announced has overcome Hezbollah’s ‘excess’ of force. In truth, much has been written about these elections, in terms of predictions and…

The question has become pressing. How will Europe’s first military conflict in the twenty-first century end, especially after three turning points? The first followed the meeting hosted by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a military base in Germany last week. The 40 countries pledged to ramp up…

What outcomes are expected from the seventh round of the negotiations in Vienna aimed at reinstating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the nuclear degree, between Iran and the P5+1? It is difficult to describe the atmosphere around the talks as encouraging, whether from the…

On this day, November 22nd, the Lebanese commemorate their independence from France in 1943. It is the last commemoration of Michel Aoun’s term, and this year also marks the end of the first hundred years since the establishment of Greater Lebanon was announced in 1920. It is perhaps the worst…