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How Will Hezbollah Respond to Israel’s Drone Attack?

Over the past week, the Israel Defense Forces have launched attacks against Iranian and affiliated targets in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. In the…

Hanin Ghaddar 12 September , 2019
The Population Bust
Culture & Social Affairs

The Population Bust

The Human Tide: How Population Shaped theModern World.Paul Morland. PublicAffairs, 2019. 352pp. Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population…

Zachary Karabell 06 September , 2019
Tunisia’s Youssef Chahed: Agricultural Expert, Prime Minister, and Presidential Candidate
Politics

Tunisia’s Youssef Chahed: Agricultural Expert, Prime Minister, and Presidential Candidate

Youssef Chahed was born on Thursday 18 September 1975 in Tunis, Tunisia. He studied to become…

Al Majalla - London 06 September , 2019
Bolsonaro Fans the Flames
Politics

Bolsonaro Fans the Flames

Thousands of fires have raged over the past several weeks in the Amazon, devastating parts of the rainforest and badly damaging Brazil’s global…

Oliver Stuenkel 06 September , 2019
In this photo illustration, a one hundred U.S. dollar banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin is on display by two one hundred Chinese yuans banknotes featuring Mao Zedong on October 23, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Getty)

How Not to Fight a Currency War

Earlier this month,the United Statesofficially brandedChinaa currency manipulator. Trade hawks have long argued thatWashingtonshould call…

Brad W. Setser 06 September , 2019
Attendees take photos about an automatic patrol car at the exhibition room of China International Software and Information Service Fair 2016 on June 16, 2016 in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China. (Getty)
Science & Technology

China’s Long March to Technological Supremacy

Until recently, American perceptions of Chinese technology tended to be either hopeful or dismissive. On the hopeful side, the information revolution…

Julian Baird Gewirtz 06 September , 2019
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks about the bill to end the U.S. support for the war in Yemen on December 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty)
Politics

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls and the Middle East

As Britain’s involvement in the Middle East began to decline after the Second World War, the US’s role in the region started to gradually increase…

Ali El Shamy 06 September , 2019
This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows a fire at a rocket launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province on Thursday. (AP)
Business & Economy

While an Iranian Satellite Goes Up in Flames, France Explores an Economic Bailout for Tehran

The first week in September marked a new phase in the ongoing confrontation between Tehran and the West. While Israel uncovered a new Iranian base…

Joseph Braude 06 September , 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits police officers in West Yorkshire on September 05, 2019 in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Getty)
Politics

BoJo Losses All Control

The drama continues to unfold in Britain’s greatest ever reality show. Last week Boris Johnson, aka “Britain Trump”, kept audiences around the globe…

Ali El Shamy 06 September , 2019
 A view of the London Skyline. (Getty)
Business & Economy

The UK Economy is Not Ready for Brexit

The past two weeks have been some of the most tumultuous weeks for Brexit after British Prime Minister, Boris, Johnson, made the decision to suspend…

Yasmine El Geressi 06 September , 2019
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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