World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Even before Ronald Reagan's campaign manager, William Casey, who would later become among the most prominent intelligence chiefs in the US, coined the term "October Surprise" in 1980, the concept had already been a reality on the ground. In the fall of 1956, the Suez War and the Hungarian Uprising…

This June, I was invited on a friend’s podcast to answer a question I’ve been asked over and over again in the Trump era. Are Christians really persecuted in the United States of America? Millions of my fellow evangelicals believe we are, or they believe we’re one election away from a crackdown…

Iraq is undergoing a significant transformation in its foreign policy, with a focus on achieving national sovereignty, economic integration, and diplomatic balance. Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani’s administration has embarked on reshaping Iraq’s role in the region, positioning the country…

According to yesterday’s (Monday) important statements by the EU's Red Sea naval mission "Aspides,” the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion is still in flames after the Houthi attack. While it confirmed that there have been no clear signs of an oil spill so far, the attack, along with previous…

The Democratic National Convention ended yesterday, weeks after the Republican National Convention concluded. To many observers, neither of the two conventions brought any surprises, even after the Democrats’ candidate, President Joe Biden, withdrew from the race and the vast majority of his…

For all the talk about how Kamala Harris may become the first woman of color elected president, one person most definitely isn’t talking about it: Kamala Harris. Not on the campaign trail, where her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, continues to lob racist and sexist attacks her way. And not in…

Hezbollah recently released a video depicting a military facility in which vehicles loaded with missiles move across extensive, fortified, and illuminated tunnels. There had been talk about Hezbollah's tunnels before it made these unprecedented revelations. However, the matter did not receive the…

Ending a war is more difficult than deciding to wage one. The one backing down must offer a convincing story. He must offer explanations and justifications. He must compare the losses and gains and declared goals and which of them were achieved. He must say if he feels more secure after the…

The Lebanese grew weary of waiting for the "major retaliation" that Iran and Hezbollah have threatened. But it seems that this boredom didn't last long, as they soon began awaiting a strike the Israelis had claimed they would carry out. That, at least, is what the statements of their rabid…

While the regional tensions today are high, particularly since October 7 and the war on Gaza, the scene is very clear. After nearly ten months of war and the tragedies it has caused, the lines have been drawn, and there can be no more lies or wishful thinking. There is no need, today, to explain…

If I were asked to list the major intellectual breakthroughs of the last half-century, I would certainly include the revolution in our understanding of emotion. For thousands of years, it was common in Western thought to imagine that there was an eternal war between reason and our emotions. In…

Benjamin Netanyahu has closed the doors to negotiations, stirring anxiety among the Lebanese and Palestinians living on the land about their present and their future. The vast majority of them are in Gaza, where there is no longer any space for life, and Lebanese from the South, who have been…