World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Whatever happens in the World Cup final this Sunday, Europe will remain the dominant power of global football. An Argentinean victory over France will not change the facts of economic globalization. The English Premier League alone usually turns over more money every season than the quadrennial…

After winning the Israeli premiership for the third time, Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “do everything necessary to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.” He also said in an interview with Al Arabiya English with colleague Mohammad Alyehya that he would do so even without Washington’s…

As soon as the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) concluded, preparations for future climate summits were underway, as if the matter was a mere accumulation of conferences. Officials and negotiators, along with fans of conference tourism,…

Almost ten months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaching, everyone is wondering; where is this war taking us? Is there an end to this conflict that has impacted the entire world? Others are asking themselves whether history will repeat itself. In the nineteen-fifties, Fidel Castro,…

Morocco’s stunning performance in the World Cup, its progress to a semifinal game with France and the worldwide elation it has engendered captures a special moment for Moroccans and many others from the Arab world and beyond. This is not just your classic underdog story, a tale of global south…

The war that has been raging in the heart of Europe for months now is vicious and depressing. It brings back bitter memories of the world wars fought in the 20th century, and some fear that it could lead to a third world war, but these exaggerated expectations are understandable because they stem…

Is the world order heading for a tectonic shift? And, if yes, what will that shift be like? These are the questions that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz poses in an article for the American magazine Foreign Affairs, published almost immediately after his lightning visit to China. The word that…

“The people want the downfall of the regime!” Those were the words that hundreds of protesters chanted in Al-Mashnaqa Square in front of the provincial headquarters of the Syrian Baath Party in Suwayda on November 4. This was far from the first time protests had erupted in Suwayda, the Druze…

China’s modern history was marred by a dark and painful era of extremism like the “Sahwa” (Awakening) movement to which we bore witness. In China, too, it was given a deceitful name: the "Cultural Revolution". The difference lies in that China ridded itself of this ideology before we did. The…

It seems that the Iranian regime is delighted that the people of the world are distracted by the World Cup. Mass protests have shaken the regime, which had not been expecting them. It is all because Iran is a theocracy that terrorizes its people in the name of religion. They flog women in the…

Apple is the world’s most valuable company. Is it also a monopolist? To answer that question to your own satisfaction, I suggest that you watch a gripping reality show on YouTube. It’s an hour-and-a-quarter courtroom hearing from Nov. 14 in the case of Epic Games v. Apple. It features brilliant…

The developments we see unfolding today affirm that the mullah regime has turned Iran into a rogue state. They also demonstrate that the approach that the West and the US have followed in dealing with Iran has failed, particularly since the failed 2015 nuclear agreement signed by former President…