World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The upcoming visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Saudi Arabia comes as part of a fourth tour in the region since the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. This trip comes amidst regional confusion caused by the Israeli war on Gaza, which claimed the lives of…

The region and international community are confronted with a long overdue appointment: The confrontation of the militias that have led to the collapse of several Arab countries. Now, these militias are threatening the international community by obstructing international marine navigation,…

The most significant development in Sudan was the meeting held between the civilian opposition front for the war, the civilian coalition (Taqadum), and Rapid Support Forces Commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti). This was the first time that the RDF commander met with a Sudanese political group…

Israeli wartime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaped over every rule of engagement. His attacks went beyond the southern and northern borders of the Litani River, reaching the southern suburbs of Beirut. The strike that saw Hamas suffer its first security breach since October 7th occurred…

As the war in Gaza enters its third month the short-attention span syndrome that characterizes our age swings in full gear to reduce it to a version of background noise. You might have noticed that the war is bowing out of front pages and dropped down several slots in TV news bulletins. Even…

Saleh al-Arouri decided his fate when he chose to take a path that turns one into a prospective martyr. Spending a long time imprisoned in his homeland, or dying a martyr wherever his war leads him. He was threatened with assassination in Türkiye. Although he had reasonable protection, it was not a…

Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, announced her resignation on Tuesday, ending a turbulent tenure that began last July. She will have the shortest stint in office of any Harvard president since its founding in 1636. Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician who is Harvard’s provost and…

Boosting the slim odds of a "two-state solution" is not an easy task. At the very least, we must consider the heavy encumbrance created by the presence of armed settlers in the occupied territories, as well as the Palestinians’ lack of a popular and dynamic political instrument. Of course, we also…

The Gaza War - or Israel's genocidal war on Gaza - has been raging for three months now. The intensity of this war and the range of ways it could develop have brought the Palestinian question back to the forefront of pressing regional issues, and has thus had ramifications for the region and the…

The attacks on crucial shipping traffic in the Red Sea straits by a determined band of militants in Yemen — a spillover from the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza — are injecting a new dose of instability into a world economy already struggling with mounting geopolitical tensions. The risk of escalating…

In London’s Imperial War Museum, there stands a mural of the late Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein towering over a model of the Dome of the Rock and holding a rifle in one hand. It is among his most recognizable images - one that played a significant role in crafting his image in the Iraqi and Arab…

If I were to summarize the political achievements of Saudi Arabia in 2023, a very tough ask, I would sum it up in two words: “transcendence” and “sovereignty.” These two qualities were instrumental in the exceptional rise of Saudi Arabia in a year that was extremely difficult globally, in terms of…