World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump captivated the world and drew everyone’s attention. Indeed, the US is the most powerful empire in history, but another reason for all of this interest is worth noting. This was the first time in history that one of the candidates…

The Iranian presidential elections taking place today could be exceptional by every metric, especially in terms of the situation of the region and the globe. Iranian decision-makers want a hardliner suitable for this moment fraught with major crises that Iran itself- not only in its spheres of…

Today 68 million Iranians are supposed to elect a new president of the Islamic Republic from among six pre-approved candidates. We said “are supposed to” because it isn’t clear how many of those eligible to vote, including those in exile, have registered to do so. The early election caused by the…

Journalists traveling with US Presidential Envoy Amos Hochstein have reported that he did not want to come to Beirut during his recent trip to the region. He felt certain that nothing new would come of the visit, but senior White House and State Department advisers told him that he should make a…

Contrary to the American political tradition, where "federalism" is a concept with positive connotations, the French experience offered a different meaning. The term may have been used as a slur for the first time following the French Revolution of 1789, when cities across France witnessed…

By regarding Hajj, I mean the general affairs of pilgrims and arrangements that - God willing - ensure their safety and security, facilitate their movement, improve the quality of the services provided to them, and allow them to perform their rituals in safety and tranquility. I am not referring to…

News from Lebanon indicates a daily shift towards a more grim and pessimistic outlook. Despite claiming to oppose this trend, many parties seem to be sliding further into worsening conditions, like sleepwalkers heading towards disaster. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned days ago that …

Debates are perilous for incumbent presidents, and for obvious reasons — they have everything to lose and little to gain. Richard Nixon, overshadowed by John Kennedy in the first televised presidential debate in 1960, declined to debate George McGovern as an incumbent in 1972. Gerald Ford’s…

In the past decades, the Middle East has given birth to warriors who dreamed of exhausting the West. Through the “invasions of New York and Washington,” Osama bin Laden dreamed of luring the American army into Afghanistan, hoping to inflict on it the same fate of the Soviet Red Army. He did not…

This time of year, college campuses like the one where I live fill up with high school seniors preparing to make what feels like a momentous choice. The first imperative is to find a school that they can afford, but beyond that, many students have been advised to find one where they can see…

Between Hezbollah’s “hoopoe” drone - which flew in the skies of occupied Palestine and returned with pictures of strategic Israeli locations, especially in the city of Haifa and its port, in addition to important factories and military installations - and the White House “hoopoe”, that is, the US…

It is still too early to decide how Emmanuel Macron might be remembered by history. But one distinction he is unlikely to win is that of “master of timing.” Yet his entourage claims that his decision to call an early general election was a master stroke in good timing. This is how the argument…