World News Insights: Opinion Articles

In the US, everything is a performance. Every development is heavily imbued with elements from the Hollywood film industry and its philosophy. The scene must be overwhelming, and the directors are the real heroes, not the actors, who are merely tools directors use however they want. That is why the…

I received several messages of complaint and inquiries after the publication of my interview with Salem al-Jomaili, head of the US branch in the Iraqi intelligence agency that operated under the former regime. The most significant messages were those that said the facts the interview laid bare…

ByEdward WongandMichael Crowley Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive against Russia has overshadowed talk of a potential negotiated settlement in the conflict, but some US and European officials say the next phase of the war could create momentum for diplomacy. It is unclear how the officials…

Not a day passes without an article about our region and President Biden’s administration dealing with it, strategically and tactically, whether in American newspapers or research center reports. Most of these stories focus on the revival of Saudi-Iranian relations through Chinese mediation,…

The need for Arab cooperation in times of war and peace was behind the establishment of the League of Arab States in 1945, preceding the European Union and most other regional groups in the world by decades. While regional alliances were a sound option at that time, they are an obligation today, as…

In December 2014, two monkeys in outdoor cages at the Tulane National Primate Research Center, about 40 miles north of New Orleans, became ill with Burkholderia pseudomallei, a deadly bacteria in the federal government’s highest risk category, reserved for pathogens like smallpox, anthrax and Ebola…

May 16 is just a few days away. In just a few days, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is scheduled to appear before the French judge Aude Buresi in Paris as part of the investigation into corruption and money laundering charges. Many questions about the great Lebanese theft could be answered that…

Is Bill Clinton replacing Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini as the “Source of Emulation” (Marja’a taqlid) of the leadership in Tehran? Posed by an Iranian satirist the question cannot be dismissed as a tongue-in-cheek quip on the new discourse developed by the Khomeinist establishment. In July 1980 the…

While they may have been minimal, US President Joe Biden’s visit last year did yield some positive results. In October, the United States brokered a landmark agreement that settled the longstanding maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon. The Biden administration has also sought to…

It has been four years since the ousting of Omar al-Bashir and his regime in one of the largest turn of events in Sudan’s history. But to this day, Khartoum is still struggling: ongoing conflicts between political powers and military leaders, restless streets, and now a war between the armed…

Syria has returned to its position as an ordinary member of the Arab League. The question, which we have been contemplating since it was expelled, of whether the decision to exclude Syria was the proper course of action, has become irrelevant. Similar cases have occurred in the past. Indeed,…

Armies and security services doubtlessly bear primary responsibility for the military coups in Sudan, as they do in the other Arab countries that have been subjected to military coups. They are also primarily responsible for the dictatorial regimes created by these coups. With that, they had…