World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Tech stocks tumbled. Giant companies like Meta and Nvidia faced a barrage of questions about their future. Tech executives took to social media to proclaim their fears. And it was all because of a little-known Chinese artificial intelligence start-up called DeepSeek. DeepSeek caused waves all…

Cade Metz

What does it mean for Naeem Qassem, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, to say that his party will not accept any justification for extending the deadline for Israel’s withdrawal in a televised speech... adding that Israel must withdraw “because the sixty days have passed... we do not accept any…

Tariq Al-Homayed

Advances in artificial intelligence by Chinese upstarts rattled US markets on Monday, with the threat of greater competition prompting a slide in shares of the biggest technology companies. The Chinese A.I. company DeepSeek has said it can match the abilities of cutting-edge chatbots while using…

Jason Karaian and Joe Rennison

In light of the immense human and material costs borne by the Palestinians, the ceasefire in Gaza has brought pressing questions back to the fore: Is resolving the problems of "the Palestinian cause" the only necessary gateway to peace and stability in the region? One objective of the October 7,…

Nadim Koteich

It seems that the Syrian and Lebanese people’s way out of their ordeal is of two phases. The first, which is now nearing its end, is the phase of foreign (Iranian and, in Syria’s case, Russia as well) hegemony. If it is true that this hegemony had been reliant on domestic foundations and maintains…

Hazem Saghieh

The formation of a Lebanese government has been postponed another week. Various parties that had been eagerly awaiting a breakthrough are growing increasingly concerned. There were several indications suggesting that Lebanon would imminently exit the long tunnel of its crisis. This optimism…

Eyad Abu Shakra

"President Trump suggested that Jordan and Egypt should receive a large number of Gazans, either temporarily or permanently." From experience, when a tragic event in the lives of Palestinians is labeled as "temporary,” it often becomes permanent. Since the first Palestinian refugee camp was…

Nabil Amr

Lebanon boasts a reputation in the Arab world that its years of deep crises have not erased. An Arab politician and friend telephoned me a few days ago to express his delight with how Lebanon is making its way back to its sons and supporters after long painful years. My friend had in recent years…

Ghassan Charbel

Yes, focus on the big picture. Don’t limit yourself to a part of it, because the region is indeed changing. Actions, not words, are behind these shifts. Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s visit to Beirut last week was the first by a Saudi Foreign Minister in fifteen years. Saudi Arabia had not boycotted…

Tariq Al-Homayed

The world appears to be sliding toward greater chaos. The number and intensity of conflicts increased significantly in the past year, with wars in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. At the same time, uncertainty over economic policy has reached the highest levels since the pandemic, just as trade…

Borge Brende

Even those who disagree with President Donald Trump acknowledge that, under his leadership, the United States has been experiencing, from day one, a revolution leading to significant changes, even if he hasn’t fulfilled all his promises literally. What is important and different this time is that…

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed

Four years ago, when Donald J Trump failed to win a second term as President of the United States many in the globalist elites initially assumed that they had seen the back of him. A few saw him as a mischievous spirit like the Ridgeway Ghost of Wisconsin destined to fade away in time. Last…

Amir Taheri