World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The new US Covid booster campaign needs a dose of clarity about its goals and limitations. The latest “bivalent” vaccine — retooled to protect against the currently circulating BA.5 variant — will benefit some more than others. The oldest and most vulnerable citizens are likely to benefit most…

“The white giant in chains!” This is how Bahar, one of Iran’s greatest contemporary poets, describes Mount Damvand, the towering volcano that looms over the horizon in the Tehran region. At the end of his qasida (ode) Bahar pleads with the volcano to end its silence with an explosion of fire and…

Growing up in southern Iran and Southern California, I had the pleasure of having a father who loved to tell stories about his childhood in Iran. Most of his stories were funny, but there was one that always brought him to the brink of tears. Of course, he never cried; he always changed the…

With the passing of yet another Muslim Brotherhood symbol, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the movement loses one of its key propagandists. With the absence of most of its leaders and its loss of power in the states it had controlled, the Muslim Brotherhood is suffering enormous losses on nearly every level. So…

There is no truth whatsoever, with all due respect to our “Iranian brothers,” to the claim that there is such a thing as an Iranian nation. Indeed, I was surprised, as an observer, to find that so-called genealogical DNA tests had demonstrated that 56 percent of this brotherly nation is of Arab…

If the recent rout in the stock market has you drastically cutting back your retirement spending plans, it probably means that you were counting too much on ever-rising asset prices. But a new research paper suggests that spending less at advanced ages is not necessarily a sign of failure to plan…

For those lucky enough to have worked from home over the past two-and-a-half years or seven years or whatever it was, it’s back to the office time. We are finally R.T.O. and I.R.L., at least until the next wave hits. And some people can’t wait. So what exactly does it even mean? According to TED…

In a sense, those who had been defeated in the past have re-emerged as apparent victors. Their re-emergence has taken this form precisely because the past victories against them have not been final, that is, because the past does not pass easily and automatically. Leading a right-wing…

If its relations with Iraq are an example, American policy towards the Middle East region has not adjusted to the biggest problems in the 21st century. For example, Barbara Leaf, an esteemed former colleague, is the Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, the top manager of daily…

The ongoing protests in Iran following the murder of Mahsa Amini have demonstrated significant matters that deserve our attention. They embody and sum up the situation of the regime in Iran, which has used and continues to use all forms of violence against its citizens. With regard to the…

Two years ago, during the worst of the Covid pandemic, my colleagues and I told ourselves what now seems like a naïve story. In the wake of this virus, we would develop a robust system of follow-up care for the patients who had been sickest in our hospital, many of whom were from medically…

President Biden gave an admirable speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, condemning Russia’s war and making clear that the United States will continue its support of Ukraine. “We chose liberty. We chose sovereignty,” he said, rousingly. “We stood with Ukraine.” In the aftermath…