World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The city of Jeddah, known in local folklore as the "Mother of Prosperity and Hardship," has witnessed significant successes in Saudi diplomacy and its pioneering role in the Middle East region as a key and effective player with a visionary approach. From this standpoint, the 42 nations hoped to…

There is nothing new about the infighting among the Palestinians in the Ain el-Hilweh camp near Sidon, the capital of southern Lebanon. City locals and the Lebanese in general have grown accustomed to the cyclical violence of the Palestinian factions, and their approach to settling differences,…

The participants at the Jeddah meeting on Ukraine were aware that they discussed a crisis that the world hasn’t seen in decades. The crisis has embroiled Europe and another major power. The West has gone to great lengths to prevent Russia from claiming victory. Both sides of the conflict don’t have…

The crisis in Ukraine is the most severe one facing the current world order. It combines a hot war being fought on the ground between Russia and Ukraine, with a cold war, amid major escalation between Russia and Western countries led by the US. Crises and wars, be they hot or cold, are part…

As heartbreaking recollections of the port blast make their way back into the minds of Lebanese, the question of justice for the victims of the crime has forcefully returned to the fore. And justice inevitably comes with demands for the truth: Why did what happened happen? Who did it? Who made the…

As the forthcoming climate summit (COP28) in Dubai approaches, public relations firms are scrambling to offer their services to clients from both private and public sectors, specifically in the Gulf countries. These legitimate attempts to win new contracts, by seizing the opportunity of the…

This is a sad day for Lebanon, a country that is no stranger to anniversaries marking tragic events. However, it is on this day in particular that thousands of Lebanese families of all sects remember the horrific massacre that destroyed half of Beirut, killing and injuring their loved ones. Despite…

In 1983 when a hitherto little-noticed party won 27 percent of the votes in the Austrian general election almost the political elite in Europe was up in arms, warning about “mortal danger for democracy”. The Future of Austria Party’s leader, one Jorg Haider was even baptized the “new Hitler”…

Türkiye continues to deport Syrians to the Turkish-controlled regions in Northwestern Syria. These areas are governed by groups affiliated with Türkiye, the most prominent of which include the Syrian Interim Government formed by the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces,…

The Arabs’ image of the West is not external. When they voice opinions about China, Africa, or Russia, these opinions pertain to those countries and continents alone; they therefore do not imply a challenge to or judgment of themselves, nor does it imply an implicit comparison or a standard that is…

In his article about the US President’s efforts to broker a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel, a prominent New York Times columnist claimed that it would change the rules of the game in the region. Regardless of the “story” of peace, the rules of the game in the region have clearly totally…

Mario Voigt, a leader of Germany’s mainstream conservative party, has watched with concern the slow but steady string of victories notched by the far-right Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD. In his home state of Thuringia, in eastern Germany, the AfD just last month won the district…