World News Insights: Opinion Articles

On September 25, 2017, nearly 92 percent of voters in the Kurdistan Region cast their ballots in favor of independence, in a referendum conducted with remarkable order under the watch of international observers. However, the outcome collided head-on with the dual walls of geography and politics. …

The hopes of British Labour Party members and supporters are mixed following the end of outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s era. While realists are holding back from over-optimism regarding the future under new leader Andy Burnham, many everyday citizens prefer to wait and see what he will…

The story is vast, the stakes are immense, and this is the issue above all others. The war unfolding today because of Khomeinist Iran is not a war like any other, nor is it just another crisis. It is a struggle between competing visions seeking to shape a new world. That is the perspective from…

The car rental business took off in the United States during the 1960s. One year, the market leader, reaping enormous profits, launched a nationwide advertising campaign with the slogan: "Guess who's No. 1." Its rival responded: "Don't guess. We're No. 2." There is nothing insignificant about…

Between geographical constants and political shifts, the Eastern Mediterranean is undergoing a historic reconfiguration. Political boundaries, ideological barriers, and dogmatic regimes are receding in favor of shared interests and historical commonalities. This realignment of interests comes in…

Fifteen years after the "Arab Spring", what were the accomplishments in the countries where it erupted but chaos, division and years of nothing? The "Arab Spring" swept Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and even war-torn Sudan. What did the "revolutions" of this spring achieve? Did they achieve…

After more than a year of war, albeit with on and off fighting spells, it is perhaps time for US President Donald Trump to take stock of what has happened so far as a guide to what he might do next. But before he does that, he needs to ponder the key question: is this a war of choice or of…

Whenever the United States and Iran draw closer to the negotiating table, the same question resurfaces: Can a lasting agreement be reached with the Islamic Republic of Iran, or do negotiations simply turn into a new pitstop in a long, never-ending conflict? Indeed, the experience spanning since the…

Talk of the New World Order has dominated almost every other topic in recent years. But what was the old order - the system that ruled the world after the end of World War II – that we are saying goodbye to? Historians agree that it was built on five myths: the imminent end of the world, the idea…

Sudanese people never tire of debating politics, nor do they stop doing so. This may well be one of the afflictions of political life - if not one of its curses. The constant debate over every issue and every detail has made politics an exhausting endeavor in Sudan, complicating consensus-building…

I ask the kind reader's indulgence to reuse the exact title I previously employed in this space on December 23, 2009. At that time, speaking of the "perplexity" of a superpower like the United States was considered a form of intellectual recklessness, especially given the well-known wealth of…

Was the Russian-Ukrainian war a direct cause for the return of the era of Eastern spies to Europe, at such a high level, for the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989? It seems clear that East Asian circles are strongly targeting European hubs, primarily Germany, even if the…