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Oxford Vaccine Scientist Dr Ahmed Salman: The Arab World Will Have to Wait Longer for a Coronavirus Vaccine
Science & Technology

Oxford Vaccine Scientist Dr Ahmed Salman: The Arab World Will Have to Wait Longer for a Coronavirus Vaccine

Rarely has the fate of many millions of people rested on an international competition like the one for a Covid-19 vaccine - the only sure escape…

Yasmine El Geressi 08 August , 2020
Beirut's Accidental Cargo: How an Unscheduled Port Visit Led to Disaster
Politics

Beirut's Accidental Cargo: How an Unscheduled Port Visit Led to Disaster

The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut’s deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian…

Majalla 07 August , 2020
Nasif Hitti: Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Leaves Diab’s “Sinking Ship”
Politics

Nasif Hitti: Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Leaves Diab’s “Sinking Ship”

Education Nasif Hitti was born on December 22, 1952 in Tripoli, Lebanon. In 1975, Nasif Hitti graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree…

Al Majalla - London 07 August , 2020
It Is Time to Abandon Dollar Hegemony
Business & Economy

It Is Time to Abandon Dollar Hegemony

In the 1960s, French Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing complained that the dominance of theU.S.dollar gavethe United Statesan "exorbitant…

Simon Tilford and Hans Kundnani 07 August , 2020
Climate Change Will Drive People Across Borders
Business & Economy

Climate Change Will Drive People Across Borders

Extreme wildfires savagedNorthern Californiain 2018, leaving the homeless to camp out in a Home Depot parking lot inOakland, not far from the…

Sonia Shah 07 August , 2020
The Mosque, the Dam, and Erdogan's Widening Culture War
Politics

The Mosque, the Dam, and Erdogan's Widening Culture War

In recent weeks, the Turkish government has courted international condemnation for its handling of the country's unique cultural heritage. In early…

Nick Danforth 07 August , 2020
Can China's Military Win the Tech War?
Science & Technology

Can China's Military Win the Tech War?

As the Chinese government has set out to harness the growing strength of the Chinese technology sector to bolster its military, policymakers inthe…

Anja Manuel and Kathleen Hicks 07 August , 2020
What Fast Track for Asylum Seekers From Hong Kong?
Politics

What Fast Track for Asylum Seekers From Hong Kong?

At the end of June, theChinese Communist Partypassed a new national security law bringingHong Kongmore fully underChina'scontrol than at any time…

Betsy Joles 07 August , 2020
To Counter China, Look to Canada and Mexico
Science & Technology

To Counter China, Look to Canada and Mexico

If there is broad bipartisan agreement on anything inWashingtontoday, it is thatthe United Stateshas become dangerously dependent on Chinese…

Roberta Jacobson and Tom Wyler 07 August , 2020
Karen Bass Emerges as Serious Contender for Joe Biden’s VP, Draws Scrutiny
Politics

Karen Bass Emerges as Serious Contender for Joe Biden’s VP, Draws Scrutiny

Joe Biden’s search for a Vice Presidential nominee to complete the Democratic ticket has continued longer than expected. Amid dissatisfaction with…

Joseph Braude 07 August , 2020
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Barbara Gibson
Politics

China’s Victory Day Parade: symbolic or seismic?

05 September 2025

Beijing would like the week to mark a historic turning point in which a unipolar world finally gave way to multipolarity. To others, it was just tub-thumping bravura. In reality, it was a bit of both.

Shirley Ze Yu
Business & Economy

Syria’s post-Assad energy quandary

01 September 2025

The country now sits at an energy crossroads: will its recovery be anchored in oil and gas, or will it seize the chance to lean into renewables and build something more resilient?

Jesse Marks
Pep Boatella
Politics

Disarming Hezbollah: will Lebanon seize or squander its opportunity?

02 September 2025

After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?

Frederic C. Hof
Al-Ma'arri in his residence as depicted in a 1965 book Wikipedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Al-Ma’arri’s satirical poetry reimagined for today's readers

02 September 2025

Recent books from Yemen, Egypt, and Syria take a new look at the 10th-century philosopher's famed letter 'The Epistle of Forgiveness', which is said to have inspired Dante's 'Divine Comedy'

Ali Almuqri
Local residents walk past a house destroyed by an earthquake that killed nearly 1,000 people and devastated villages in eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. AFP
Politics

For Afghan quake victims, sympathy came faster than help

04 September 2025

An earthquake in Afghanistan earlier this week levelled entire villages and left people trapped under rubble for days, but in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, saviours were thin on the ground

Kaswar Klasra

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