World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Opinion polls continue to show General Eizenkot ahead of his closest rival, Benjamin Netanyahu. What is striking about this race is that it pits a novice general seeking admission to the club of Israeli prime ministers against a veteran who has held membership many times and is fighting to avoid…

Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man was published in 1992, causing an exceptional stir across political and media circles at the time. Its author, an American of Japanese descent, was then an obscure academic professor. He would later become a prominent figure on the…

“Now, Here... or the Eastern Mediterranean Once Again.” This is the title of a politically charged, deeply human and poignant novel by the late Abdulrahman Munif. It is an apt title to invoke today, amid the Houthi's eruption and turmoil across the land and waters of western and southern Arabia. …

Had it not been for the invention of a return to a “glorious” past, all these senseless wars would never have occurred. The civilized world assumed that with the end of the Second World War, the era of conquest, annexation, and major catastrophes would end as well. But that is not what happened…

It is no longer a secret that the world is experiencing what might be called a political earthquake. Political parties, particularly those in Europe that analysts long regarded as "parties of government" throughout the Cold War era, are now struggling for survival. Political identity…

Last Tuesday, the Egyptian capital, Cairo, welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a visit that could hardly be described as merely traditional -or even simply protocol-driven. It was, in many respects, a visit that transcended the usual diplomatic formalities. The timing was both…

There is nothing unusual about a member of parliament raising their voice, nor about heated exchanges between parliamentary blocs. The real problem arises when raising one's voice becomes a substitute for dialogue, or when defending an opinion turns into an attempt to shield it from the questions…

The third straw poll conducted by the Security Council to select the next Secretary-General of the United Nations will likely be interpreted as a numbers-driven contest. Yet the core issue concerns the nature of the position itself at a time when the international system is becoming increasingly…

“Yes, but with a big but!” This was the answer that speaking on condition of anonymity, French officials responded to our question whether they were impressed by visiting Iraqi Prime Minster Ali Falih al-Zaidi. The yes part was about finding the 41-year-old al-Zaidi, a young politician, with…

The decisions that Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi moved swiftly to take as soon as the attack on the Saudi East-West pipeline occurred can mean only one thing: that he is a man who feels the responsibility of his position and acts accordingly. He moved to issue a decision removing a number of…

Whom are we supposed to believe when the very person who promises us a “lost paradise” thanks to advances in artificial intelligence returns days later to warn that a “great ruin” will befall humanity within months or years, without batting an eye? Elon Musk is not alone in doing this. The entire…

The suffering of Sudanese is unmistakable. You touch it in the markets and the streets, in people's talk of rising prices, the deterioration of the pound, and the climbing dollar exchange rate; you feel it in the lines of cars waiting for hours at the petrol stations. It is a daily suffering that…