World News Insights: Opinion Articles

While talk of reducing carbon emissions responsible for climate change continues as if it were a problem for the future, scientists are working to devise solutions for current environmental challenges. Among these are the impacts of rising temperatures on infrastructure, including roads, water,…

With the perilous living conditions, general sense of frustration and despair, the news of the upcoming elections, reports about a “one third guarantee” and “blocking third” in government, Hezbollahs's horror films about stopping any attempts to limit its arsenal, threats, intimidation tactics and…

Hadi's presidency was supposed to be transitional, lasting for a year and a half, but it lasted ten years, as a result of the Houthis seizing power. During the Riyadh Conference for Yemeni Dialogue, President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi announced a presidential council with a new president. The step…

The first stage of the war in Ukraine didn’t go according to Vladimir Putin’s plan, but it is the next four weeks that could determine how the map of Europe is changed as a result of his invasion. The incremental sanctions tightening we’ve seen in recent days will make little difference to that…

In the US and Europe, the phrase “living with the virus” refers to reopening the economy and trusting that vaccines work. Not in China. In the public discourse, that would be tantamount to “lie flat,” a catchphrase for encouraging inaction — an approach that has grown so popular that it drew a…

In the US, Covid cases in the Northeast are increasing again, which has some people worried about yet another surge. This is also one of the most heavily vaccinated parts of the country. While the Covid vaccines have been very effective at stopping hospitalization and death, it’s now clear they…

A US operation to secretly remove malware from networks at home and overseas highlights the new front Washington is opening in its approach to global cyberdefense. It’s a much-needed strategy, but one that ought to be handle delicately if the US is to maintain the cooperation necessary to keep…

Electoral campaign banners and billboards erected by opposition parties have been spreading across Lebanon, denouncing the wretched state of the country and promising change. Looking at these slogans, you ask yourself: What are these dreamers betting on in a country that has been at rock bottom by…

I grew up during the Cold War, when, in elementary school, we still participated in bomb drills. A bell would ring or horn would blow and we would duck and cover, or in some teachers’ classrooms, just put our heads down on our desks. From the videos of utter destruction caused by nuclear weapons…

Last weekend saw the re-election of the man often thought of as Europe’s proto-Putin: Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister who has attacked his country’s democracy while seeking to weaken the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization from within. Yet Orban should be careful…

Who do you think is to blame for the war in Ukraine? For the Blame-America-International the answer is simple: the culprit is the United States. At one end of the Blame-America International (BAI) we find usual suspects such as the Khomeinist mullahs, the Sudanese and Burmese jackboots, the…

The two men called in when the going gets tough in Israel, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, continue to call on President Mahmoud Abbas to help instill calm, especially during the month of Ramadan, which the Israelis consider a “dangerous” time. Both are…