World News Insights: Opinion Articles

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

It feels like fate: Lebanon has taken politics back after an absence that had gone on for decades in the aftermath of the coup against the Taif Agreement and the constitution. The Syrian earthquake, which was preceded by the earthquake of Lebanon’s defeat that left Hezbollah with losses that it…

Hanna Saleh

If the peoples of Syria and Lebanon are to press forward and build on their recent achievements- a big "if"- they must slay the three golden calves that are largely responsible for their suffering. While it is true that they cannot rid themselves of these golden calves overnight, it is equally true…

Hazem Saghieh

Everything our eyes have seen and continue to see, and everything our ears have heard and still hear, since the day after what was dubbed the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” attests to the suffering of the Gaza Strip’s cities and villages. This tragedy has only exacerbated as time went by, growing like a snowball…

Bakir Oweida

Technocratic hubris presents politics as primitive, sentimental, and irrational - a spiral of conflicts and personal interests. Technocrats - the clergy of governance models founded on technical expertise, data-driven solutions, and computational models - argue that purely rational solutions can…

Nadim Koteich

Following the bitter objections of the "Shiite Duo" to Dr. Nawaf Salam’s designation as prime minister, he is seeking to reassure them by stressing that he has two choices: "accommodation" or... "accommodation!" Thus, surrendering to failure is not an option. There is no desire for the…

Eyad Abu Shakra

This day is unlike any other. It will leave its mark on America and the world. Neither the country nor the man at its center is ordinary. The scene is dramatic, violent, dazzling, and impactful. As America celebrates the inauguration of Donald Trump, the world must remain glued to its screens. No…

Ghassan Charbel

The Lebanese are demanding the "reconstruction of what has been destroyed" today; much has been destroyed, and it must be rebuilt. They are raising this demand to friendly and capable countries, both in the Arab region and the world. However, as they rejoice at the collapse of the "old regime" with…

Hazem Saghieh

Donald Trump will return to the White House on Monday for a second term as president of the United States. The Middle East is a different region from the one he witnessed during his first time. Bashar al-Assad has now fled Syria, Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah and forced Hezbollah to head north of…

Tariq Al-Homayed

Seas, rivers, lakes, hurricanes, and countless other forces fill cycles of time, both their great and major and minor events. War is a massive hammer of fire, and it is wielded by the hand of power to strike an adversary who may be near or far. In the early 1960s, the world held its breath after…

Abdel Rahman Shalgham

Always anxious to portray the Islamic Republic in a world leadership position, the official media in Tehran have been trumpeting a 3-day visit by President Masoud Pezeshkian to Doshanbeh and Moscow as a “significant strengthening of the global south.” You might wonder what “global south” is all…

Amir Taheri