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In 2020, Democrats won a convincing election victory. They proceeded to do what all victorious parties do. They passed legislation in accord with their priorities, including raising health insurance subsidies to families making above 400 percent of the poverty line. They wrote the law so that the…

Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has spoken candidly about the crisis of his country’s relationship with its “great neighbor,” the United States. US President Donald Trump, an ardent enthusiast of “tariff wars,” waging them against all kinds of major global economic powers, decided to end…

The big question in Lebanon today is: When will Israel’s all-out war against Hezbollah resume, and what will it look like? A flood of Israeli statements, as well as the party’s own rhetoric and its effort to convince the press that it has recovered and is now prepared for war (figures associated…

The two-year war led by Netanyahu has brought about significant changes in the geopolitical landscape and the balance of power in the Middle East. After the October 2023 attacks, Israel adopted a different policy – moving from merely clashing with Iran’s proxies to seeking their elimination. Today,…

The screens in his office all broadcast similar images, as if he is watching the same television show. It’s hard to fathom. It’s as if Hollywood only produces a single star. The hero appears to be the same every time. A provocative red tie occasionally makes way for a blue one. A clenched fist that…

The great modern-era defeats of the Levant have never raised the issue of these countries’ territorial integrity or questioned it. In fact, the opposite is closer to the truth. As these recently established countries had been basking in their nascency and independence, military coups brought to…

The Palestinian state is the natural outcome of an international and regional conflict. The war between the Arabs and Israel has gone on for more than seven decades. Without such a state, the conflict will neither end nor fade into the background, no matter how much the ideologues and delusional…

As might have been expected the decision by the Nobel committee in Oslo to grant this year’s Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition activist Maria Corina Machado has raised a storm of controversy about an annual ritual that has been losing luster for years. Critics say the committee chose Ms…

The world is undeniably in a period of turmoil and apprehension. The upheaval can be felt everyday, and they can be seen in the expanding map of conflicts. According to a report released this week by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, there are currently more conflicts in the world than there…

Today, Tehran faces two dead ends: UN sanctions have been reinstated and its domestic legitimacy has been eroding. Instead of redefining its relationship with its citizens through genuine economic and political reform, the authorities have turned to symbolic gestures and discourse, digging deep…

The chronic persistence of the debate over disarming the resistance factions in Gaza and Lebanon is as nauseating as it is astonishing. Given the endless controversy, one would think that there was still hope that these factions could succeed after decades of failure. The harrowing scale of…

It is clear that the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit has joined the long list of contentious issues that predictably stir controversy, whether within our Middle Eastern region or in the broader regional environment and the international community. Each side interprets developments based on its own…