World News Insights: Opinion Articles

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…

It happened here, again. Nearly 100 years since the March on Rome, Italy on Sunday voted in a right-wing coalition headed by a party directly descended from Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime. This is, to put it mildly, concerning. Yet the most pervasive worry is not that Giorgia Meloni’s…

When the Russian- Ukrainian crisis first began, I wrote an article entitled ‘The Ukraine Crisis: Neo-McCarthyism to terrorize Opponents.’ In it, I discussed how the West manipulates what it calls rights and how it addresses the issue divergently depending on its interests, particularly as it tried…

As enraged people pour into the streets in most (if not all) Iranian cities, it is widely believed that this is the most dramatic development in the country in the last four decades. Yet, despite their gravity, these protests are not likely to bring down the current regime, unlike the 1979 protests…

The crisis in Ukraine has preoccupied all of our time. It is as if a new world is being born there. From Ukrainian blood, Russian blood, the wailing from burnt down houses, the rubble of international law and the specter of nuclear terror. A treacherous world that is open to all dangers. …