World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The world is living on Kremlin time. The decisions of its master leave their mark on the security of the planet and the prices of energy and grain. Experts agree that another year of the Russian war on Ukraine will be catastrophic to the world. Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he was…

So I guess we’re in a new cold war. Leaders of both parties have become China hawks. There are rumblings of war over Taiwan. Xi Jinping vows to dominate the century. I can’t help wondering: What will this cold war look like? Will this one transform American society the way the last one did? …

After China mediated Saudi Arabia and Iran’s agreement to reestablish ties, Fareed Zakaria and David Ignatius, both of whom defend the policies of former President Barack Obama and current President Joe Biden, published articles centered around the world’s most famous foreign minister, Henry…

A fairytale about the sort of rulers intellectuals make has been widely believed since Plato and his philosopher-king: they confer wisdom, justice, and reason to power that no one else can. This fairytale overlooks the fact that intellectuals could cling to rigid myths more fervently than any other…

The report issued a few days ago by the international scientific body advising the United Nations on climate change brought nothing new, except for confirming what has been known for years: that the climate is changing faster than expected, and the impact will be multiplied should there be no…

At a suspicious time at the internal and foreign levels, Paris shocked the Lebanese people again, after it had surprised them following the Beirut Port explosion, on Aug. 4, 2020. This calls for questioning France’s intentions in dealing with the Lebanese crisis. In fact, Paris has previously…

Is the leadership in Iran trying to change course or are we witnessing a new tactic? The signals coming from Tehran make both assumptions plausible. To begin with, the official discourse has shown a certain degree of moderation. In his special message for the Iranian New Year (Nowruz) last…

Kazakhstan held early parliamentary elections last week, with citizens casting their ballots on Sunday and possibly ushering in independent members of parliament, which indicates a modest increase in democratic openness. These elections have reinvigorated the politics of this former Soviet…

The scene was surreal in the Palace of Justice. The governor of the Central Bank, Riad Salameh - who stood aghast after the fall of his arguments on “sovereignty” to avoid appearing before the European judiciary - found himself after three decades of fake “successes” before a court authority. …

As local authorities in several states prepare for potential protests by supporters of former US President Donald Trump against his “possible arrest” for allegedly paying a bribe to "silence" a porn star in 2016, US media outlets are trying to identify the winners and losers of this battle. At…

Like Thomas Hobbes, John Locke’s political ideas were born of the suffering that he had endured during the civil war. He was ten years old when it broke out, and from his school adjacent to the royal palace, he could hear the screams of the masses as Charles I was executed, which left a deep impact…

Though it might be hasty, one could make the claim, based on the types of political developments that are unfolding, that 2023 has already acquired its character. It is the year of the return of the interior. That is to say, domestic and foreign policies are being shaped primarily by domestic…