On 27 March, the Iraqi parliament voted to amend the country’s electoral law, amidst angry protests. Critics say the amendments reverse hard-fought…

China’s peace diplomacy has recently come under spotlight. In early March, the China-brokered diplomatic deal that successfully reestablished…

Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, international reports are raising alarm, pointing to the country’s bleak economic and social outlook amid…

The involvement of security agencies in the widespread kidnapping and detention of residents in regime-held areas has destroyed citizens’ confidence…

As a historian, I am always excited when new documents are unveiled even if they pertain to events that happened decades or centuries ago. But…

Britain is possibly the most confused nation in the world. It is certainly one of the oldest, and mental confusion frequently comes with advanced age…

The statue of Syrian Arab mediaeval philosopher-poet Abu al-‘Ala’ al-Ma’arri stands at the entrance of the French city of Montreuil as an additional…

Post-1945 truisms are now suddenly in doubt, as the world’s geopolitical and economic order goes through a sudden change. Rising powers see this as…

The withdrawal of United States soldiers from Afghanistan in August 2021 led not only to a Taliban takeover but to chaos in the country, with women…