World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Covid-19 has been pushed off front pages by falling case counts and other news stories, though the pandemic’s threat hasn’t really changed — we’re just in the trough of the last wave. Nonetheless, it was strange to hear President Joe Biden talk in his State of the Union address as if the pandemic…

One prominent casualty of Russia’s war against Ukraine is the idea that the US can safely reduce the role of nuclear weapons in its foreign policy. This idea has influenced President Joe Biden’s administration in its early thinking on foreign policy; it builds on a longer post-Cold War trend of…

The ongoing Russian invasion of the Ukraine reiterates what we know from the past; namely, that the world is shaped by weapons, not peace, and that history repeats itself. Despite all efforts to establish international organizations and approve border demarcation treaties and country maps, wars and…

The crisis in Ukraine is a stark reminder of a major flaw in the chip industry’s global supply chain: single sourcing for critical supplies. As Russia launched an all-out attack against Ukraine early Thursday, semiconductor makers and tech hardware manufacturers were confronting the prospect…

The dust has yet to settle on the crisis in Ukraine. How and when it will come to an end is a matter of conjecture: ranging from Moscow succeeding in achieving its objectives in neutralizing Ukraine in one form or the other, restructuring the European security architecture and accelerating the…

Two obvious features of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s statements to the press are clarity and transparency. He explains his next steps, sums up what has already been accomplished, and gives an overview of what remains to be accomplished. The Crown Prince has never taken a step without…

The chance that summoned Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the major turning point in history had done this before. After he was summoned, the tale pauses to admire the skill of this man and his will to shape his own image and tell his own story. Sometimes, a man stands up against an empire, embarrassing…

The European-American response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine represents a watershed in the contemporary understanding of how nation-states behave and what motivates their leaders to act. It pits two leading theories of international affairs against each other. The difference between the two…

As the world grapples with crafting an effective response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s illegal and immoral invasion of democratic neighbor Ukraine, three key approaches have emerged. The first is the imposition of crippling sanctions, which over time will strangle the Russian economy…

Suppose Russia succeeds in toppling the Ukrainian government or seizing much of the country. Moscow’s slow start notwithstanding, this could well happen: The balance of combat power is likely to favor Russian President Vladimir Putin as the war rolls on. So what happens then? One option being…

Before the eyes of the shocked people of the world, the catastrophe of the war in Ukraine expands further every day. From destruction of cities to a million people losing their homes in less than two weeks to thousands of people being killed, the people of Ukraine are going through a massive human…

The current developments on the international scene reflect a cold war situation on its way to an escalation. It has long-term strategic dimensions, as well as intense manifestations and direct repercussions represented in the “special military operation” against Ukraine. The operation is based…