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According to the Iranian constitution, the transition period is to last fifty days, and this stipulation was applied to the letter. There was no delay; fifty days after President Ebrahim Raisi's passing, Masoud Pezeshkian was elected Iran’s new president. Meanwhile, Lebanon has not elected a new…

Last week, Republicans were back under the Republican Party’s convention limelight in Milwaukee. This time they looked as determined to send Donald J Trump to the White House in November as they were in 2016. Eight years ago, Trump looked like a bolt out of the blue that though threatening the…

From the US to all four corners of the globe, everyone is recalibrating their positions after the shots were fired in Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump miraculously escaped death, but the bullets wounded President Biden and his party. The repercussions of the failed assassination attempt…

The door to reassessments and reflections on violence was opened wide immediately after the failed attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. The history of the United States, as we well know, is brimming with violence, particularly against the "red" indigenous population and the Afro-American “blacks.”…

Traveling on a ship that hardly fits all the people crammed into it, over turbulent waters amid poor weather conditions, one could get used to the seasickness with time, patiently enduring the discomfort. The passenger might even catch the virus of indifference. Suddenly, however, a wild storm hits…

If the President of the United States were not a leader who has an impact on all our lives, the physical and mental health of President Joe Biden would not have drawn all the attention it has received, nor would we have heard all this noise or comments. This reminds me of 1982, when Israeli…

Leading the race to the White House is one thing, and booking a prominent place in history is another. History is an eraser that only those who leave unremovable marks can resist. To book a place in history, an American president must write his own story and turn it into a decisive chapter of his…

Sixty-six years have passed since the 14 July Revolution in 1958, an event that still sparks debate among Iraqis. Some support the shift to a republic, while others argue a monarchy is better for Iraq’s complexities. While I won’t judge the event itself, its deep-rooted causes, or its aftermath,…

For a week now, democrats around the world have been celebrating France’s immense victory. Democracy succeeded in preventing the extremist National Rally party from obtaining a parliamentary majority, even denying it first and second place. Strikingly, however, many of those who are now praising…

Anyone who follows social networks and watches some of the Arab media will notice an increase in “shouting,” “a party of insults,” and accusations of disloyalty, as well as an unprecedented decline in the language of dialogue. So why all this? The story is clear, but it requires…

Everyone following the elections in industrialized Western countries can clearly see that these societies are heading toward a deep crisis that will leave governance and administration at a dead end. Indeed, the democratic process has become an end in itself rather than a means for ensuring the…

Many questions have been posed about the nature and structure of Iran’s political system, its present and future. These major, complex, and sensitive questions are valid. Some have more than one answer, while others are difficult to answer at all. The victory of Masoud Pezeshkian, a puzzling…