World News Insights: Opinion Articles

It is not very important whether or not the novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed in compliance with Khomeini’s old fatwa. The Iranian newspaper Kayhan commended Hadi Matar for his heinous act, bestowing Khomeinist legitimacy derived from this fatwa upon it. Even the Iranian “diplomat” Mohammad…

The current political crisis in Baghdad appears to be the beginning of the end of the Iraqi political system created under the American umbrella of 2003-2011. I was the director of the American Embassy political affairs office most of the time between 2004 and 2009, and I acknowledge a sense of…

As one of the 21st Century’s most powerful data brokers, Facebook is best known for its role in sucking up the personal information of billions of users for its advertising clients. That lucrative model has led to ever-heightening risks — Facebook recently shared private messages between a Nebraska…

There are more than a few commentators and observers who are afraid of what might happen to the United States if the F.B.I. continues its investigation into Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. They are afraid of violence and civil unrest as the most dedicated Trump supporters take up…

In March, Congress overhauled the US Postal Service, which had been on the brink of insolvency for years. In June, it passed the first major gun safety legislation in nearly three decades. In July, it voted to make the most significant investment in American industrial policy in half a…

By Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda; Emmanuel Macron, President, France; Cyril Ramaphosa, President, South Africa; Macky Sall, President, Senegal; Olaf Scholz, Chancellor, Germany; and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO. Inequity has plagued the responses to harmful pathogens…

In 1990 Congress passed an amendment to the Clean Air Act of 1970, among other things taking action against acid rain, urban smog and ozone. The legislation was highly successful, greatly reducing pollution at far lower cost than business interest groups had predicted. I sometimes see people…

With the price of Walt Disney Co.’s Disney+ and Hulu streaming services rising sharply in the next few months, following Netflix’s price increases earlier this year, budget-conscious consumers may soon be culling the streaming outlets they pay for. As they do, services that should get more…

The world’s biggest car company had a rough quarter, and its supply-chain problems aren’t going away any time soon. That’s a warning for other large manufacturers — and their stakeholders. Toyota Motor Corp.’s profits fell 18% for the quarter ended June. Much of the hit came from raw material…

Does an industrial-sized dog whistle go off when advocates boast about cryptocurrency’s ability to evade US government sanctions? Back in March, a founder of Tornado Cash — a so-called “mixer” service that masks cryptocurrency transactions by mixing them with others — told Bloomberg it would be …

Most members of the generation who witnessed late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990 consider it an unforgettable day, and deservedly so. It always evokes a disquieting anxiety that haunts the Arab Gulf region, particularly in Kuwait itself, albeit it being a…

One thing has become clear over the years; Western values are vague. They are adapted to agendas and interests dictated by different contexts and challenges, with what is suitable today considered criminal tomorrow and vice versa. To give one of many examples, the West has imposed taxes on oil…