World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The young man’s long browsing of the bookshelves reminded me of my feelings whenever I go to the library. How hard it is to choose when you are confronted by rows and rows of books that have stood the test of time. Opting for one book leads to a sense of guilt for having chosen it over the…

It would be wrong to assume that the changes in oil prices are part of a politically-motivated Saudi-American confrontation. The last thing Riyadh is thinking about is using oil as a weapon to balance out the scene or harm one side or the other. As Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al…

The US is escalating the technological cold war with China through new sanctions to squeeze the flow of high-end semiconductors and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment to Beijing. Don’t let the technological arcana fool you: Since advanced semiconductors power information-age societies, the US…

The reactions of the Democrats to OPEC’s decision to reduce production have been heated and unobjective. They and their media speak of Saudi Arabia as “stabbing them in the back” and its “betrayal.” They have also said that “friends” do not do this to “their friends” and that Saudi Arabia…

The concept of revolution, at least in modern times, is broad and elastic, even contradictory. Coming up with a comprehensive and precise definition for revolution is surplus to requirements. Even among the interpretations offered by Marxism, which have presented the broadest and most influential…

The world meets at the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Summit in less than a month, overwhelmed by worries and conflicting concerns. It will not be easy for negotiators to bypass the consequences of war and the economy, to tackle the challenges of climate change. Even though the Sharm El-Sheikh summit …

This is not a revolt of the non-religious against a theocratic regime, nor is it a secular movement against a religious political system. Indeed, women who opt to wear the veil as a choice rather than a state-mandated obligation have protested alongside the women demanding that the veil not be…

The current session of the United Nations General Assembly saw a resurgence of talk about the need to reform the Security Council. This is undoubtedly due to the intensifying international challenges and dangers from the Ukrainian war which is open to the worst possible scenarios, to the various…

Apple Inc. is pulling back from plans to increase production of its new iPhones this year. Instead, it will produce about as many as the prior year, in line with its original forecast. Fair enough — a looming global recession and strong dollar probably mean consumers outside the US will feel the…

When he took over as China’s leader 10 years ago, President Xi Jinping was hailed by Western experts and media as a man who would open the path for major political reforms to reflect the rising tiger’s economic transformation. Some even saw him as a wiser version of Mikhail Gorbachev and speculated…

Meteorologists tell us that global warming has created new problems for forecasters. Not only are hurricanes getting stronger, they’re also intensifying more rapidly than they used to, making it difficult to issue early warnings for communities in their path. Notably, officials in Florida’s Lee…

Elon Musk likes to “go big or go home.” So it was no surprise after news broke that he was buying Twitter Inc. after all, that he would tease a huge ambition for the company: Musk is not simply buying Twitter to make it better. He claims a much grander plan: creating an “everything app” that…