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It is hardly surprising that the Saudi initiative to host the intra-Southern dialogue has been well received in Yemen. The initiative offers the people of southern Yemen, as well as all of its factions, an opportunity to develop a united vision for the Southern Question and a framework for…

The daring raid that snagged Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was an awesome display of the capabilities that make the US military the world’s best by far. It serves as proof that President Donald Trump’s corollary to the Monroe Doctrine is real, and reminds us of his penchant for using force in…

The year 2025 will be remembered as one of shocks and of resilience, a year of uncertainty but also a year of tech boom and record performance. Despite higher tariffs, geopolitical fragmentation and elevated policy uncertainty, global trade and economic activity held up across advanced and emerging…

If “Trump’s court” summons you, then take the issue with the seriousness it deserves. This applies whether you are a president accused of sponsoring terrorism or of running a drug empire. It also applies if you are the leader of a faction assigned to harass the “Great Satan,” its embassies, and its…

It is too early to judge whether Iran’s president can contain the anger on the streets. The protest movement that erupted days ago in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar — triggered by the collapse of the Iranian currency — quickly spread to universities, some state-run industrial facilities, and other cities. …

For decades most “Iranologists” regarded one theory as “certain” in Iranian politics: Three segments of society would never rebel against the system created by Khomeini in 1979. The three were the bazaaris, the clergy and university students seduced by leftist ideas in vogue across the globe at…

Until the 1970s, a proclivity for one-size-fits-all solutions to the region's problems had shaped Arab political thought, particularly in the Levant. "Unity,liberation," and, occasionally, socialism initiated by a "national democratic regime," were presented as the pathway for realizing the…

No one can read ISIS’s infamous manuscript “The Management of Savagery” can fail to see that the organization’s ideology built around a “project of vengeance” that has no coherent doctrine like those developed by other violent fundamentalist groups like al-Jihad and al-Jamaa Islamiya, or even their…

One can confidently say this that year was the autumn of illegal arms. The trade in illusions and lies of the hollow “resistance” of Hezbollah was exposed. Non-state actors’ failures have shown that they neither deter nor protect. Their arms could not even protect the men who carry them, let alone…

The court of the first quarter of the 21st Century resumed its meetings. The judges spent a long time studying the accused's case. It is violent, terrifying, and a reminder of what rulers were like during World War II. They leafed through papers that smelled like blood, witnessed the piles of small…

Ask Americans to close their eyes and imagine the future, and they probably won’t picture Britain. That’s the land of yesterday: castles, warm beer, an actual king. But a new paper argues that events on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean — specifically Britain’s post-Brexit struggles — offer a…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is rushing to establish “Greater Israel,” seems to have made unprecedented progress towards realizing his ambitions in 2025. In Israel, it is becoming increasingly clear that the man understands the rabid fundamentalism that has taken root and…