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France Is About to Become Less Free
Politics

France Is About to Become Less Free

Thebeheadingof the middle-school teacherSamuel PatyonOctober 16by a young man enraged by Paty’s showing his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad…

Mira Kamdar 04 December , 2020
Why Political Leaders Are Never to Blame
Politics

Why Political Leaders Are Never to Blame

At first glance,Margaret ThatcherandBarack Obamashare little in common, whether in their politics or their legacies. Thatcher remains a figure of…

Tom McTague 04 December , 2020
America Failed at COVID-19, but the Economy’s Okay. Why?
Business & Economy

America Failed at COVID-19, but the Economy’s Okay. Why?

Here is a remarkable, underappreciated fact: TheU.S.economy has performed far better than that of many of the country’s peers during this horrible…

Annie Lowrey 04 December , 2020
Biden Cabinet Heralds Return of Centrist Wing of Democratic Party 
Politics

Biden Cabinet Heralds Return of Centrist Wing of Democratic Party 

Although President-elect Joe Biden has yet to chart an explicit policy program or legislative agenda, as the saying goes in Washington, “personnel…

Joseph Braude 04 December , 2020
Iran’s Bitter Options Following the Fakhrizadeh Assassination 
Politics

Iran’s Bitter Options Following the Fakhrizadeh Assassination 

After Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated last Friday, many are wondering if Iran would retaliate, considering other…

Hanin Ghaddar 04 December , 2020
Iran on Trial in Belgium
Politics

Iran on Trial in Belgium

THE PLOT Amir Saadouni, and his wife, Nasimeh Naami, of Iranian origin sat down with Assadollah Assadi, who handed them a small package. In…

Elie Fawaz 04 December , 2020
Somalia Must Learn to Stand Alone

Somalia Must Learn to Stand Alone

InMarch 1977,EthiopiaandSomaliaedged toward war over the region of Ogaden, which both claimed. Cuba’s revolutionary PresidentFidel Castromade a…

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 30 November , 2020
China Has Made Drone Warfare Global
Politics

China Has Made Drone Warfare Global

Drone warfare is one of the most important international security developments of the twenty-first century.The United Stateshas conducted thousands…

Michael C. Horowitz Joshua A. Schwartz and Matthew Fuhrmann 27 November , 2020
Moral Virtue in the Time of Cholera
Science & Technology

Moral Virtue in the Time of Cholera

In April, British Prime MinisterBoris Johnsonbecame one of the first high-profile world leaders to contract the novel coronavirus. He was…

David Rosner 27 November , 2020
Defense In Depth
Politics

Defense In Depth

The world is not getting safer, forthe United Statesor forU.S.interests. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the 2017 National Defense Strategy…

Kori Schake Jim Mattis Jim Ellis and Joe Felter 27 November , 2020
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Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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