World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The world is undeniably in a period of turmoil and apprehension. The upheaval can be felt everyday, and they can be seen in the expanding map of conflicts. According to a report released this week by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, there are currently more conflicts in the world than there…

Today, Tehran faces two dead ends: UN sanctions have been reinstated and its domestic legitimacy has been eroding. Instead of redefining its relationship with its citizens through genuine economic and political reform, the authorities have turned to symbolic gestures and discourse, digging deep…

The chronic persistence of the debate over disarming the resistance factions in Gaza and Lebanon is as nauseating as it is astonishing. Given the endless controversy, one would think that there was still hope that these factions could succeed after decades of failure. The harrowing scale of…

It is clear that the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit has joined the long list of contentious issues that predictably stir controversy, whether within our Middle Eastern region or in the broader regional environment and the international community. Each side interprets developments based on its own…

Last week was a watershed: the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh and the American president’s address to the Knesset will remain etched in the memory of both supporters and opponents alike. While it is too soon to tell whether President Trump’s effort will succeed, the objectives that have…

“Israel’s arrogance will lead it and the region to disaster. The nuclear bomb will not protect it against rockets raining down from Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, Yemen and even Iran itself. I am not talking about Israel’s total collapse, but it will be dealt a painful blow. People who immigrated to Israel…

Praise for President Trump’s diplomacy in brokering a cease-fire in Gaza has mostly focused on how he persuaded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to accept a deal. Many assume that Trump threatened to withdraw US support from Israel or otherwise pressured the Israeli leader into…

In the context of the rapid challenges and changes the world is experiencing today, the importance of combating extremism arises as a fundamental line of defense and a necessity for protecting security and stability. However, combating extremism is considered one of the most complex tasks due to…

Many theories of the social contract and natural rights were developed between the 17th and 18th centuries. The most famous among the theorists behind them include Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and, later, Immanuel Kant. Each of them, in his own way, sought to resolve the…

Is there a Palestinian, or Arab, conception of Israel that we can look to for guidance in the future? Could such a notion keep pace with the diplomatic efforts currently underway? Two theories currently seem to dominate the discourse, especially in Lebanon: the first revolves around Israel as …

This is nothing new; Iran is structurally split into “identity and politics.” This complex dynamic branches out of this binary into several social and cultural forces and groups, majorities and minorities, center and periphery, reformist and conservative, conservative and neo-conservative... a…

When President Donald Trump first launched his bid to stop the war in Gaza most observers expected another attempt at making the impossible possible. After all another ceasefire in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages had been unveiled and unraveled a few months earlier. Thus, the initial…