World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Last week, China hit the world headlines with two events that could change the perception of its role and place in the global system in either negative or positive way. The first event was the summit of the so-called Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that brought together heads of state…

Even US President Donald Trump seems to have lost his patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offering him both a note and a piece of advice. He said: “They’re gonna have to get that war over with. But it is hurting Israel. There’s no question about it. They may be winning the war,…

This week, the debate over the so-called “parallel government” returned to the fore in Sudan. In an attempt to present themselves as an alternative political authority, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) released a video of their commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, and members of…

The Israeli strike that killed the Houthis’ prime minister and most of his ministers affirmed what had previously been affirmed by the assassinations of Iranian military leaders and scientists, and before them, of Hezbollah and Hamas’s leaders and senior security and military cadres. These weapons,…

The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit held in the Chinese city of Tianjin placed the Arab region, particularly the Gulf, at the heart of the processes reshaping the balance of power in Eurasia. Presided over by Chinese President Xi Jinping and attended by Russian President…

Today, Libyans are revisiting the painful memory of the September Revolution and the turmoil of the February uprising. It is remembered against the background of a deep sentimental struggle over nostalgia. On one side are those who support the February 2011 uprising that toppled Colonel Muammar…

I have been living in Britain since the late 1970s, but I have never witnessed what I am seeing today. Some roundabouts in London have been painted with the red cross of St. George - England’s historic and religious emblem, which also features, alongside the cross of St. Andrew for Scotland and the…

More and more questions, all of them pertinent, are being raised about what Hezbollah is planning in response to the government’s implementation of its plan to establish a state monopoly on arms. Other questions that are also necessary, however, are not being asked- questions regarding the…

The question of annexation has remained on the political agenda in Israel since the 1967 occupation. However, only Jerusalem and the Golan Heights were ever officially annexed. Jerusalem has always been open to final-status negotiations. Various proposals regarding its status have been made; like…

As I entered the Syrian presidential palace, I observed a young man called Ahmed al-Sharaa seated at the two Assads' seat. My realization grew stronger that what had happened in Syria was immense and will leave its mark on the country and perhaps beyond. Sharaa's tempest did not only uproot an…

Since they signed the “Beijing Agreement” in March 2023, relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have developed in significant ways. Both sides have been seeking to manage their differences as they reduce tensions in the Arabian Gulf, adopting transparent…

In today’s Levant, despite the scarcity of serious debate, "identity" often rears its head in conversations of our affairs. The highly patriotic, as well as the ardent humanists, might claim that this matter is altogether trivial, primitive, or reactionary. Everything that makes us human should…