World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Since March 11, the nuclear deal negotiations in Vienna between the P5+ Germany and Iran have been at an impasse as negotiators struggle to find a solution for what appears to be an unresolvable dispute. Removing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps from the US sanctions and terrorism lists…

“Like the remake of a bad movie,” says a voter in Sarcelles, one of Paris’s many “Underprivileged” suburbs that, having formed the “red belt” of the French capital for decades, have now shifted to far right populism. The second and final round of the French presidential election last Sunday was…

Elon Musk’s deal to take Twitter private, which has spurred questions about power, censorship and safety for the future of the platform, happened just days after the European Union reached a landmark agreement to make social media less toxic for users. The new E.U. standards, and the ethic of…

It’s been more than two years since Apple Inc. issued revenue guidance. The iPhone maker initially blamed the Covid-19 pandemic, and later added chip shortages, for its inability to forecast the future. Yet the move is part of a worrying trend toward decreasing transparency at the world’s largest…

My first command as a US Navy captain was leading a squadron of warships in the western Pacific in the late 1990s. It included a flagship cruiser, the Valley Forge, a Spruance-class destroyer, two frigates (one Canadian) and three brand-new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. …

The Lebanese political class’s performance has changed significantly since the October 17 revolution, and much of its behavior changed after the Beirut port blast. The deals they used to make in secret are not made in the open. They speak of Lebanon’s need for around 20 billion dollars to launch…

The green energy revolution is making greater progress than expected. Solar and wind power have seen exponential cost declines, and electric vehicles seem to be a market winner. That’s all good news, but improving green energy is not the same as addressing climate change. There is good chance…

Rather like children in playgrounds, countries throughout history have had to decide how to deal with a bully. Appease him in the hope that he becomes meek? Avoid provoking him, at the cost of acquiescing to his brutality? Or counter with strength and willpower to stop and contain him? If the…

President Xi Jinping has told senior officials to ensure that China’s gross domestic product growth outpaces the US’s this year. He’s determined to show that his one-party system is superior to Western democracy, and that the US is in decline, reported the Wall Street Journal. At first read,…

Americans are worrying about their gas prices. Germans are turning down their heating. Peru has seen violent protests — and a violent crackdown on them — over rising fuel costs. Nigeria’s national energy grid recently collapsed. And that’s just this spring. Focused on the future, the United Nations…

Could billionaire Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter portend the decline of the Twitter “glory”? Are we facing a deepening crisis, resulting from the impact of social media on freedoms, politics, and democracy, as former US President Barack Obama recently stated? Many justified questions arise,…

During the debate between president - candidate Emmanuel Macron and the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, the latter claimed that she was French while her opponent was European. The deeply indicative assertion eloquently sheds light on how nationalists understand “identity:” it is either this or…