World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Syria has been addressed hysterically, by both those supporters and the opponents, since Assad fled the country. Those in awe of what is happening have become hypersensitive to comments and criticism, while some criticism, finger-pointing, and escalation have been shockingly hysterical. That is…

Syria has liberated itself from the Assad regime. Israel’s ferocious military campaign against Hezbollah has effectively liberated Lebanon, too. Unlike Syria, however, Lebanon hasn’t yet internalized its emancipation. Regrettably, if political elites in Beirut do not seize the moment, this fleeting…

A theory that genuine revolutions are those that change society, not the regime, has been ubiquitous in discussions of Syrian affairs. Nonetheless, this claim is more of a slogan than a theory- it says everything and nothing. That revolutions are assessed by the extent to which they change social…

I am not a fan of the excessive use of the term “minorities,” let alone exploiting it to reshape nations based on external interests. However, political history, across the globe, has taught us the dangers of downplaying or ignoring the concerns of small or marginalized groups - whether based…

January has painful connotations in Tehran. Iran cannot forget what happened on the third of that month in 2020. A man far away crossed what it considered a red line. Qasem Soleimani was killed near Baghdad Airport. The commander of the Quds Force, the architect of the "proxies strategy" and the…

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s impending return to the White House has raised hopes among some African leaders, who expect it could lead to more investment, more trade deals and less lecturing on issues like democracy and human rights. Until now, Trump’s most memorable pronouncements on Africa…

Sense and political realism oblige writers to contain their emotions and focus on methodology and intellect, expressing joys and sorrows cautiously and only within reason. However, if our brief time on this earth is measured against history, we can bear witness to exceptional events worthy of…

When Bashar al-Assad lost control of the oil-rich areas in eastern Syria, most of which came under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), he turned to Iran for oil and its derivatives to enable his forces to continue fighting and to maintain services in the areas under his rule. For…

As the new year begins, think tanks and policy circles start buzzing with ideas about “the future” of Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, in short, the Middle East. Some futurologists prefer to talk of a “new Middle East” made possible by the “liberation” of Syria, the near annihilation of Hamas and…

We have been hit with two earthquakes since October 7, 2023: Operation "Al-Aqsa Flood" and Operation "Deterrence of Aggression." jointly and in opposition to one another the two operations have changed almost everything in the Levant and reshaped the broader Middle East. One fundamental…

January 9th, the date set for the parliamentary session to elect a president for the Lebanese Republic, is one weekaway. If successful, it would end a vacancy that has gone on for 26 months, and this is not the time for gray choices. More than ever before, the president must be someone “whose…

As the new year begins, observers ponder the dynamics and changes influencing decision-makers around the globe to ascertain whether the world of tomorrow will be immersed in peace, or buried in wars?! The first question is tied to global cooperation to enhance security, which has reached…