World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Two voices have been rumbled globally since the Venezuelan event: one questions the need for international law as such, with the negative answer implied in the question, and the other loudly decries its absence with feigned innocence. The law is a process of contention and a framework assessed…

Ending the nuclear program and stopping external activity could spare Iran foreign intervention that enables internal change by exploiting widespread domestic unrest. The Iranian regime is facing an existential crisis for the first time since the founder of the Islamic Republic returned to Tehran…

Today marks the first anniversary of Donald J Trump’s return to the White House, and you may or may not want to celebrate. What you can’t do is deny that it has been an exciting year. The first thing worth noting is that the year in question was different from the first year in Trump’s first…

The Sudanese government’s announcement that it would relocate its operations to Khartoum suggests that the country has entered into a new phase of recovery. It is not a merely symbolic measure but a step that reflects a genuine shift toward reviving the heart of Sudan. Khartoum was rendered an…

Developments in Iran have been evolving rapidly since late December 2025, taking a dangerous direction that cannot be reduced to “livelihood grievances.” The current wave of protests seems like a serious test for the political system, not only because the streets have filled but also because the…

The international order does not undergo major shifts when there is an equilibrium. Usually, they unfold when things are in flux and there is a vacuum to fill, as the previous rules erode with no alternatives emerging to replace them and when hegemons lose either the will or ability to oversee this…

While it goes without saying that political phenomena are linked to domestic factors in the countries and regions where they emerge, it is also true that external shared and reciprocal factors also help explain those phenomena and their dynamics. The fact is that the kidnapping of Venezuelan…

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…

Ruling a country is already complex. One must consolidate legitimacy and maintain firm trust between governance and the people. One must listen closely to the people, not simply make do with official reports that often do not raise doubts or address difficult questions. The daily concerns of the…

The renewed activity of al-Qaeda–affiliated groups in Syria brings us back to reexamining the events that first brought al-Qaeda into Syria. Yes, it is al-Qaeda itself! As an organization that was born and took root in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda was destroyed by the Americans in response to the…

Following the fast-moving scene in Iran, one could be misled. The mass protests, far from the first to erupt against a regime that emerged on ideological (theocratic) grounds nearly five decades ago. Bolder and less fearful, the youths have begun to rise as the economy wobbles under the weight…

"Illegal" was the word most used by governments and commentators across the globe to describe the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moro last weekend by a US Delta Force squad There is, however, no consensus. Some, including many leftist politicians in Europe call it “an act of…