World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue conference may be the best opportunity, and the best thing that could happen to Sudanese, since the war broke out. The difficult conditions, the worsening suffering, and the dangers facing the country cannot bear the continuation of political wrangling, and do not…

The most prominent question the famous sociologist Max Weber posed was this: Why do some groups succeed, and make greater economic leaps, than others? The conclusion Weber reached affirms a strong relationship between religion and economic achievement. Examining the records of the German state…

The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, signed on August 7, between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan, marks an important development in the course of strategic relations among the three countries, not only because it establishes a long-term joint defense framework, but because it comes at a…

The scenes of war and truce between Iran and America suggest that Iran is trying to establish that it held firm in the confrontation. It played its cards in defense of its own existence and the interests of its system, even at the expense of the region's states. Under external attack, Iran has…

The majority of Lebanese citizens are experiencing severe economic hardship, with those displaced from the south being the most severely affected and facing deplorable conditions. Amidst these worsening circumstances, the Lebanese parliament has decided to increase the monthly salary of its members…

The disaster of the "Gaza support war" reached its peak when Hezbollah’s military media launched a propaganda campaign on August 16, 2024, titled "Our Mountains Are Our Storehouses," featuring a video of the fortified "Imad 4" underground military facility. The footage showed deep tunnels carved…

In the volatile Middle East, a region drained by wars, restraint is frequently misunderstood as an ineffective strategy, while reckless ventures and gambles that produce decades of chaos are often marketed as success. However, an analysis of reality and outcomes reveals the opposite; igniting the…

The primary mission of military alliances is to provide a security umbrella or a deterrent factor, ensuring a potential aggressor realizes that the costs of aggression outweigh its benefits. Alliances are not strictly bound by friendship; rather, they represent a reciprocal trade-off through which…

Societies, like human beings, need to protect their heads from the possibility of a fall and a concussion, especially when they are moving quickly toward the future. The greater the speed, the greater the need for protection, because there are bumps, obstacles, and sudden turns. The question is not…

Unpredictability has been an essential part of Donald Trump's method of conducting foreign policy. The American president raises the ceiling of threat, pushes his adversary toward believing he is ready to go further than expected, then opens the door to negotiation or steps back from escalation…

Officially, the 60-day ceasefire between Iran and the United States, established under the memorandum of understanding, has expired. In reality, it was never a true ceasefire, as it was punctuated by an exchange of strikes, further compounded by announcements from both sides that the memorandum of…

On that bitterly cold day in the winter of 2022, Vladimir Putin launched his swift, sweeping offensive against Ukraine, hoping for its surrender within days. My almost certain impression at the time was that if the assault had targeted one of the major Western European nations instead of Ukraine,…