World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Baghdad will host the Arab Summit at an exceptional moment for the region. Amid the major shifts, open-ended conflicts, and complex challenges facing our region, Baghdad hosts a Summit in which leaders will not simply be running through the motions. Rather than a procedural event, Iraq sees this…

The audio recording of Gamal Abdel Nasser continues to make noise. Some of this noise comes from the ideas that have been discovered, as this time, they diverged sharply from prevailing narratives; some of it stems from the fact that we were discovering things about Nasser, whose positions many…

It has been said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was displeased by US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of his National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, as well as President Trump’s stance on Iran and Syria. There is a big difference between the Iranian nuclear file and what I now…

Circles sympathetic to the “Al-Aqsa Flood” have pushed through a remarkable shift over the months since the operation was launched: in the place of combative triumphalist assurances of “liberation” and “victory,” there emerged an apologetic, servile tone: “peace with Israel is impossible.” Common…

I have been following the rapidly developing events in my beloved Syria over the past four days with a heavy heart, especially concerned by the events unfolding in the south, where my family’s branches stretch across no fewer than ten villages and towns. In my academic journey, I have studied the…

Benjamin Netanyahu is leading the region to the abyss. He is driving it into tunnels that will leave us in endless conflict if his project succeeds. Netanyahu is trying to capitalize on the blows his army has delivered in recent wars, with the aim of imposing new facts on the ground in neighboring…

The release of an audio recording of a conversation between Gamal Abdel Nasser and Muammar Gaddafi has shocked and angered many, perhaps even creating a crisis of conviction. The year he died, Nasser did not hide his exasperation with the radicals calling for war, ripping into the zealots, showing…

For the past two weeks, I have been bombarded by questions from colleagues and “experts” from across the globe wondering how to assess the current round of talks between Tehran and the Trump administration in Washington. The typical question is: what is going on? Judging by comments and leaks…

Culture can be a powerful force in inspiring unity. It bridges differences, fosters mutual understanding, and transforms how we connect with one another. These connections are built through cross-cultural engagement; a process of sharing traditions, values, crafts, arts, stories, and heritage…

As the armed conflict rages on, Sudan has been and is being subjected to a vicious media and psychological war aimed at manipulating public opinion by either sowing confusion, inciting strife, instilling despair, or breaking morale. Disinformation has been a key weapon, and social media has become…

A leaked recording of a 17-minute conversation from August 1970 between the late Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Muammar Gaddafi, in which they discuss the conflict with Israel and the Palestinian cause, has discredited ideas and movements that long had fed off “another” version of…

The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned in Jordan and was listed as an illegal organization after one of its cells was accused of "planning to carry out terrorist attacks." One semi-official characterization circulated by the media was that the group, which is closely linked to Hamas, "endangers the…