World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Regarding the Beirut Port blast crime, which took place more than 11 months ago, the truth of what occurred and justice for the victims and Lebanon has become linked to “immunities,” behind which lies a corrupt political class, which, for decades, cultivated an approach of impunity. This political…

Narendra Modi has rearranged his cabinet, but the changes give no indication of a meaningful sharing of power. Within the trappings of a parliamentary democracy, India’s prime minister will probably continue with his trademark presidential style of governance. For the country of 1.4 billion people,…

I recently caught up with a friend who has been working at the same company for more than a decade and was content enough. Other companies might pay more, make him feel more valued and offer room for advancement, but he didn’t pay much attention to his growing dissatisfaction and lack of forward…

It would be nice if the United States could reach herd immunity with just vaccination incentives. Americans don’t like to be told what to do, and public officials would almost always rather hand out cash than have to punish. Some even view vaccine mandates as un-American, but they are part of…

The delta variant is the new pandemic scare story. Its spread into the US hasn’t led to a surge in deaths or packed hospital wards, but the news of its existence rained on the Fourth of July parades. Public health specialists have responded with a baffling spray of contradictory recommendations…

Whoever hasn’t watched Sarde’s interview with Omar al Shoghre should hurry and watch it. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzbnbgqAtQ Omar is a Syrian youth from the coastal village of al-Bayda, close to Baniyas. He was fifteen when he was detained in 2012. The son of a retired…

After years of partisan and legal infighting, the US Pentagon gave Amazon.com Inc. a big victory on Tuesday by reopening its blockbuster cloud-computing contract. Assuming the decision doesn’t get appealed in the courts, it could be a good result for the government. Even Microsoft Corp., the…

Five months into his presidency, US President Joe Biden is in no rush to change the substance of his predecessor’s China policy. He has maintained high tariffs on more than $300 billion of Chinese imports, expanded sanctions on Chinese technology companies and gone further than former President…

“I had to get out of America. It has gotten so ugly, so dark and my pessimism had grown so high that I needed to do something different.” That’s how pollster Frank Luntz, currently a visiting fellow at the Center for Policy Studies, explained his decision to spend a summer in Britain studying…

Joe Biden’s approval rating fell to its lowest point during his presidency last month, and he exits the July 4 holiday weekend at just 51.9% approval, close to that June low (as usual, I’m using the excellent FiveThirtyEight estimate, based on an adjusted average of all the reputable polls). At the…

Thursday, July 8, is a critical day for millions of Syrian civilians in the northwest part of the country. The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on extending the United Nations humanitarian operation that delivers aid across the Turkish border at Bab al-Hawa into Idlib province. …

The centralized software management model is once again under a spotlight after hackers exploited a vulnerability at one vendor, leaving hundreds of companies as victims. Yet it’s this very approach to handling sprawling workforces that has likely prevented even more attacks and makes global…