World News Insights: Opinion Articles

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…

Tomorrow, one thousand days would have passed since the outbreak of the war. It is a heavy figure, not only chronologically but also in terms of bloodshed, devastation, and loss. The one thousand day mark compels us to take pause, not only to tally the losses, but also to reassess the path taken…

At the start of 2026, the Middle East seems surrounded or besieged, geographically and politically, by crises and wars. Some are directly or indirectly interconnected, while de-escalation of conflict will not, of course, allow for solutions or even temporary arrangements that could facilitate later…

Borrowing the opening lines of Marx and Engels' famous “Communist Manifesto,” we could say that the specter of rethinking the state is haunting the Arab region. The number of states whose unity is being contested continues to rise. The regional context within which each of these movements is…

The 2019 financial and economic collapse presented an exceptional opportunity to chart a new path that could pull Lebanon out of rock bottom. However, the power-hungry political establishment, which had been postponing the collapse since 2017, made protecting bankrupt banks its top priority,…

After the guns have relatively fallen silent and the voices of extremism, which often fuel entrenchment and sharp polarization, have subsided, a question now presents itself at every turn in Yemen. Simple on the surface, it is deeply problematic beneath it: where do you stand on the recent…