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As the chances for achieving a nuclear agreement with Iran dwindle, notable Israeli statements are being made about Tehran coming closer to acquiring nuclear weapons and Israel shifting towards a new strategy to target Iran. “We are implementing the Octopus Doctrine,” Israeli Prime Minister…

In the early hours of June 12, celebrated in Vladimir Putin’s country as Russia Day, a curious piece appeared on the website of the pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia. Signed ostensibly by Putin’s First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko, it promised the residents of the occupied territories of Ukraine…

This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been edited for length and clarity.Sarah Green Carmichael: The recent tragedies in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX have underscored the plague of gun violence in the…

Monkeypox, a relative of smallpox, is spreading at unnerving rates and in unprecedented places, including the US. More than 1,500 cases have been registered in over 30 countries, including in at least 17 US states and the District of Columbia. However, the biggest worry for Americans is not the…

Meta Platforms Inc. has become a lightning rod for legal challenges in the US, from the FTC’s antitrust case to shareholder lawsuits alleging the company misled investors. Last week, eight complaints were filed against the company across the US, including allegations that young people who…

In India’s social media-obsessed polity, statements by ministers that do well online are closely watched — and their popularity can even push the government in new policy directions. Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar recently set Indian Twitter alight when he told off a mainly European…

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a protracted battle between a generation-defining virus and scientists working at a breakneck pace to fight it. Following the development of the remarkably effective first-generation Covid-19 vaccines, the virus made its response: More infectious variants have emerged…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s moment of reckoning has arrived at last. After months of speculation and scandal that have soured his premiership, Mr. Johnson was forced on Monday to face a no-confidence vote, instigated by his increasingly restive and unhappy party. On a dramatic day in…

The talk about “Arab Liberalism” and “Arab Liberals” continues to pose far more questions than provide answers. Since John Locke in the seventeenth century, Liberal consciousness has been tied to the presence and role of the individual. The primary tenet of any definition of Liberalism was the…

The strong ruler digs into history, searching for a spring, a sword, or a cover. Vladimir Putin is searching for a legitimate reason for the great coup he unleashed through the Ukrainian fire. It’s a coup against the unipolar world, its only superpower, its fleets… It’s a coup against its dollar -…

Every modern presidency eventually hits bumps in the road, at which point the call will come from someone somewhere to “let the president be himself.” Many of my friends are familiar with the “Let Bartlet be Bartlet” episode of “The West Wing,” but the modern version of the cliché dates to the…

Covid-19 has killed mostly old people. But since the pandemic began, the rate of death from all causes for younger adults has risen by a bigger percentage than has the rate of death from all causes for old people. When I heard that stat I thought it had to be a mistake. If Covid is ravaging the…