World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The memoirs of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "Never Give an Inch, Fighting for the America I Love," offers remarkable insights about Iran. While much of what he tells us is not new, the details he goes into warrant a detailed discussion. Pompeo not only served as chief US diplomat…

This is an age-old question that has preoccupied and consumed some of the most prominent thinkers of previous eras. Plato, for example, believed that we know certain things at birth, while radical empiricists replied that everything we know, we know from experience. In the modern era, most of those…

When the Ukrainian military made rapid advances in its autumn campaign, the fears of Russian nuclear retaliation were connected to a longstanding American interpretation of Russian strategic theory: “escalate to de-escalate,” the idea of using a limited nuclear strike to raise the stakes of…

Lebanon - as a political entity - its state, institutions, and political parties are taking their last breaths. A split has emerged in its judiciary. On the one hand, we have those seeking accountability for a flagrant crime. On the other hand, some are trying to put an end to the pursuit of…

Silicon Valley as we know it — with its radically transparent company cultures, empowered employees, flat hierarchies and rarefied perks like nap pods and free food — is quickly disappearing. And it’s unlikely to return. For nearly two decades, tech companies heralded an approach that centered…

Since 1979, when the mullahs seized power, Iran has topped the list of countries hit by “brain drain”. However, what was a sectoral hemorrhage may now become a general bleeding affecting other sectors of the population. A feature in the official news agency IRNA was headlined; “It’s not only the…

Four months after President Biden called Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents “irresponsible,” that vintage car — parked at the president’s home in Delaware next to his own boxes containing classified material — has been transformed into a shiny symbol of hypocrisy. Just two weeks…

News from Ukraine, China and the United States last week again reminded me that we are going into a new world system where no country will dominate and the need for wise diplomacy to prevent war is greater. As we near the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it more obvious…

A series of US, British, and European sanctions against Iran were imposed last Monday. These sanctions targeted individuals and entities, including the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the “Basij” militia, and its deputy commander. Despite all of that, we saw…

When the Spanish Civil War of 1936 broke out, the Hungarian communist Arthur Koestler, who had been a member of the German Communist Party since 1931, headed to where the war was being fought. His objective was spying for Moscow under the guise of a journalist, and there, he was arrested and had …

Militias are enemies of the Libyan people. We will see the day when they are gotten rid of and each and every one of their members is held accountable. Tripoli, the bride of the Mediterranean, which has always been praised by poets and adored by its visitors, set a precedent with its civilized…

Is the door completely shut to the possibility of reaching regional and international understandings with Iran that would help tame the mullah regime? One of the latest blows received by those who have an optimistic view on the negotiations with Iran came through the European Parliament’s…