World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Europe wakes up to new apprehension tied to Russia every morning. Hardly a day passes without Russia disturbing the old continent. Their relationship began to deteriorate with the Russian-Ukrainian war. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Europe’s…

This is not an op-ed about “the shifts of sects” but the shifts ‘’within’’ sects that emerged in recent days or that had previously been latent, already present beneath the surface before they recently rose to the fore. Of course, every discussion of “the sects” and their positions necessarily…

“Ha! Ha!” This was how the other day in Moscow national security adviser Dmitry Medvedev reacted to a quip by US President Donald Trump asserting that Kyiv “can win all of Ukraine back to original borders where this war started.” Dmitry Alexyevich, who once served as a parenthetic president of…

More than two million Palestinians are waiting for the sun to rise and for this long, dark night to end – the most brutal war in the history of Palestine’s conflicts. At this important moment, announced in Washington on Monday, the hope that feels both near and far still faces many challenges. …

The floods that have swept across large swaths of Sudan over the past few days have prompted the irrigation authorities to raise red alerts in six Sudanese states. Such events are not typical at this late point in the autumn season, and although the rising waters have begun to recede, the floods…

If we set UN Resolution 1701 aside, its various interpretations, and all the texts around it, we could discuss a divergence in conceptions around the outcome of the “Support War” and the Israeli counter war. In the Lebanese state’s reading, there are “mutual obligations” and “reciprocal steps.” If…

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 20-point plan as a “peace proposal” to end the war in Gaza presents a clear-cut opportunity that leaves very few options to the entire region - not only Hamas or the factions, nor even those behind them. Either Gaza and its people are saved, or…

Hezbollah’s decision to get involved in the war launched by Hamas was not made out of a desire to support the movement. Rather, Hamas provided Hezbollah with the climate it had been seeking for two decades, setting the stage for the “winner-take-all” adventure it has always wanted to go on. The…

An Israeli operation against Hezbollah that finishes what it had begun in the 2024 war is only a matter of time. The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on 27 November 2024 was not a truce that ended a round of escalation between the two sides. It was a turning point that effectively paralyzed…

Benjamin Netanyahu certainly wanted to see a different scene. He had hoped to eventually announce an end to the war with the surrender of Israel’s enemies from Jerusalem. That has not happened. In these kinds of protracted conflicts, knockout blows are extremely scarce. Today, he will make his way…

On January 26, 2025, I wrote here an article titled “Forget the Noise,” reminding readers of news that deserves attention. The campaigns of distortion and disinformation are intense and relentless. I am returning to this idea now because it seems the theme should be addressed regularly so long as…

In Beirut, the next phase is no longer shrouded in secrecy. The question is no longer whether a new war will erupt but when? Everyone is asking “Emta el-harb,” (when’s the war in colloquial Lebanese. The question is “trending” on social media as part of a dangerous game to fragment Lebanon. At a…