World News Insights: Opinion Articles

For decades, fear-mongering and conspiracy theories (that went so far they almost sparked a civil war) have been among key tools and tactics of Lebanon’s sectarian faction, especially in the face of attempts to curtail their influence. Nonetheless, the denial we see from Hezbollah, a party that…

Before the war on Gaza broke out and expanded to several other countries in the region, the world had been dreaming of a “New Middle East,” that is, of turning the region into an oasis of stability, sparing its people the scourge of perpetual conflict, and relieving the world of constant…

It may be another case of the adage: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Either way, it has come as a welcome surprise for China to see its top global rival, the United States, pick a fight with Beijing’s biggest Asian competitor, India. Relations between Washington and New Delhi are on the…

Netanyahu’s allies are also his adversaries, both Arabs and Israelis. He spares no effort in provoking them and stirring enough dust to stay at the top of the headlines or to distract them from his own issues. The focus on Netanyahu as an individual is understandable and even justified under the…

For decades, the same basic question has haunted the Middle East: what is the greatest obstacle to the consolidation of stability and sovereignty? To me, the answer is clear. The “statization of militias:” non-state armed groups and revolutionary movements’ transformation from temporary entities…

On Friday, someone anonymously emailed me an article from a far-right American website as supposed proof that I had killed my husband with Covid vaccines — a reboot of the same baseless narrative first pushed in the weeks following his death in late 2022. According to mRNA vaccine conspiracists,…

Scientists studying the cosmos often speculate about hypothetical forces that might explain peculiar data or results. For instance, some astronomers have suggested that our solar system has an extra planet, way beyond the demoted Pluto, whose effects explain certain other celestial movements. And…

Many were shocked by Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements last week, as well as those of his fanatical minister, Bezalel Smotrich. They stressed their firm belief in the inevitability of achieving “Greater Israel” and their relentless drive to turn its “map” in reality on the ground, no matter the cost…

A deathly silence looms over the Arab street, unmoved by the wave of dramatic events in the region. We have not seen demonstrations, protests, or sit-ins in the Arab countries, and in my view, this is the first time in seven decades or more that such displays have vanished! What has befallen Iran…

There is a broad impression that Trump admires Putin and always finds excuses for him. Those who share this conviction point to his denial of his own intelligence services’ conclusion that Russia interfered in the presidential elections, siding with Putin instead; his failure to follow through on…

Vladimir Putin has the right to celebrate. Donald Trump treated him with the utmost respect. Were it not for his sound reasoning, he would have believed that the Soviet Union was still standing and that his real title was Secretary General of the Communist Party. Trump not only repeatedly…

Tensions in Lebanon are rising, and with them, political schisms are deepening, following the Lebanese government’s decision to establish a state monopoly on arms. This comes amid an increasingly heated regional climate, particularly in Lebanon’s immediate neighborhood. Israel's political…