Earlier this month, President Vladimir Putin took to the stage at the annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia,…

When details of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza were announced, it soon emerged that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had…

With no end in sight to Sudan’s civil war between its army and a breakaway paramilitary group, and efforts to facilitate peace talks frustrated,…

These days, the region teams with lofty declarations. Peace, we are told, is on the horizon, heralding a “golden” future for the Middle East…

A multipolar world makes it harder to end conflictsBy: Con CoughlinWith the world facing an ever-increasing number of conflicts, the deepening…

Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK’s populist Reform UK party, announced in late August that, should he win the next UK election, he would deport up…

Unburdened by academic jargon, Lebanese writer and poet Issa Makhlouf has caught the eye of the contemporary Arab creative scene. The author of The…

Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber has declared that the government is serious about implementing much-needed reforms and reaching an agreement…

US President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel and Egypt earlier this week was elucidating. He shed America’s traditional mantle of world policeman and…

On 15 October, Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow—the first face-to-face meeting between the two since…