World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Addressing the subject of language is usually associated with culture, which is a natural association, given that language is a component of culture. Rather, language is a determinant of the symbolic construction of the identity of any society. Historically, the most famous, expansive, and…

The majority of the historical polities in the vast geographical area of the Iranian plateau, which had previously been independent states (city-states), were brought together under a single entity and central state centuries ago. However, while it seemed, superficially, that a nation-state had…

On the cusp of winter, a blooming international political spring is in the air. An atmosphere of optimism has prevailed over this year’s G20 summit as the US and China, the world’s two largest economies, saw their deteriorating relations come to a halt. “The world has come to a crossroads. Where to…

The three-word slogan-“woman, life, freedom”- launched by Iranian protesters in the past two months seems to have found a global resonance that few expected. You see it on giant posters in Tokyo, on a wall in the central railway station in Amsterdam, in neon-light messages in Rio de Janeiro, and…

Even if US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping were to sit through a thousand dialogues, the two countries would inevitably clash militarily. Indeed, the tensions between these two countries will inevitably lead to a military confrontation. There is no escaping this…

Hours of tension followed what was said to be a Russian missile landing in Poland. This was before the true source of the projectile was identified. Like many others in the Russian war on Ukraine, the ambiguous incident raises concern about similar events taking a tragic turn for the worse as…

Lebanon’s October 17 revolution was not victorious, and it failed to change the course of governance in the country or prevent the aggravation of its collapse. It also was unable to elect a substantial parliamentary bloc that could turn the tables and impose a new way of doing things. Moreover, in…

French President Emmanuel Macron called the protests in Iran a “revolution,” adding that the regime’s clampdown makes reviving the nuclear deal less likely. He also declared his support for sanctions against Iranian officials for their role in repressing the protests. In an interview with "Radio…

Because of the degree to which the United States’ behavior on human rights is politicized, it often seems like no other country has dealt more blows to this matter. It does so firstly through its excessive moralistic and public emphasis on the issue. Secondly, it makes too many deals with violators…

Hossein Ronaghi’s life is endangered. Elham Afkari is in hunger strike. Dozens and hundreds of Iranians, well-known and unknown, are in detention, solitary confinement or hunger strikes. In the eight weeks that have passed, hundreds of Iranians have been killed with straight hits while…

The picturesque scenes on the island of Bali do not hide the black clouds gathering over the summit of the Group of Twenty, which starts its activities on Tuesday. In the past months, humanity has sent successive signals, revealing the extent of its fear for its security, economy, food,…

Europe these days reminds me of the early weeks of the pandemic: We are living with a sense that the end of the world is just around the corner. But this time, anxiety over Russia’s nuclear weapons has replaced talk of the virus. European media is plastered with grim headlines about energy…