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How the State Is Co-Opting Religion in China
Culture & Social Affairs

How the State Is Co-Opting Religion in China

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Ian Johnson 11 January , 2019
Withdrawing From Syria Leaves a Vacuum That Iran Will Fill
Politics

Withdrawing From Syria Leaves a Vacuum That Iran Will Fill

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Ariane M. Tabatabai and Colin P. Clarke 11 January , 2019
As Iran Sails West, the U.S. and Europe Close Ranks
Politics

As Iran Sails West, the U.S. and Europe Close Ranks

Iran sent new signals of military boldness this past week, while critics of the regime in the U.S. and Europe worked through their legal…

Joseph Braude 11 January , 2019
Saudi Arabia and the Space Age
Science & Technology

Saudi Arabia and the Space Age

In past centuries geo-political scientists agreed that if one wanted to control the world, one had to control the seas. Since the dawn of the…

Ahmed Taher 11 January , 2019
Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil’s New Strongman 
Politics

Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil’s New Strongman 

Jair was born on March 21, 1955 to Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro and Olinda Bonturi in Sao Paulo, Brazil where he spent most of his…

Ali El Shamy 07 January , 2019

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January 4

Indian Sikh devotees take a dip in the holy sarovar (water tank) in the early morning on the occasion of the New Year at the Sikh shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar on January 1, 2019. (Getty)

January 4

A Pilgrim at Bete Giyorgis (Saint George) Church reads scripture as other pilgrims gather at the church below following their pilgrimage to Lalibela for the January 7th Orthodox Christmas on January 04, 2019 in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Ethiopians follow the Julian calendar and therefore the Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7th. Some pilgrims have walked for as long as three weeks and have come from the farthest corners of Ethiopia to observe the holiday. (Getty)

January 4

Fireworks explode at the Arc de Triomphe during New Year's celebrations on January 1, 2019 in Paris, France. (Getty)

January 4

Burmese people mark the New Year with the Thingyan water festival, a type of cleansing ritual.

January 4

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) leads a meeting of his Cabinet, including acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt (L) and acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, in the Cabinet Room at the White House January 02, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty)

January 4

A worker work on palm oil fruit lorry at a local palm plantation on January 3, 2019 in Banting outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia and Indonesia, the top two palm oil producers, were seeking a reduction in the import tax by New Delhi as inventories were rising in both countries due to higher output. (Getty)

U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner: Consumer protection and fair competition are keys to a developing economy
Business & Economy

U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner: Consumer protection and fair competition are keys to a developing economy

Noah Joshua Phillips serves as one of five Commissioners on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, following his appointment to the position by President…

Joseph Braude 06 January , 2019
The Ghosts of Brazil’s Military Dictatorship
Politics

The Ghosts of Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

Brazil just swore in a new president: Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right congressman and former military officer. Bolsonaro is as much an apparition from…

Kenneth P. Serbin 06 January , 2019
How a World Order Ends
Culture & Social Affairs

How a World Order Ends

Astable world order is a rare thing. When one does arise, it tends to come after a great convulsion that creates both the conditions and the desire…

Richard Haass 06 January , 2019
How to Hit Russia Where It Hurts
Politics

How to Hit Russia Where It Hurts

Russia’s 2014 annexation ofCrimea, its war in easternUkraine, its interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and other aggressive acts…

Peter Harrell 05 January , 2019
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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) and Deputy Foreign Minister and chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi react as they listen to President Hassan Rouhani (unseen) speaking during a press conference in Tehran on 3 April 2015 ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Zarif’s peace gambit meets Tehran’s limits

15 April 2026

Tehran can likely contemplate a deal, but it is far less clear that it can yet imagine lasting peace

Alex Vatanka
Julian D. Paulsen
Business & Economy

Tight squeeze: economic effects of Iran war linger despite truce

13 April 2026

A two-week truce has sparked a cautious market rebound, but deep anxiety persists over renewed escalation and its impact on global growth and inflation

Abdulfattah Khattab
Jared Kushner and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif interact in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 April 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/ REUTERS
Politics

‘Kushner and Witkoff spoiled the US-Iran talks’

13 April 2026

Sources tell Al Majalla that Iran was able to build a rapport with US Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad, but sensed his hands were tied in the presence of Trump's son-in-law and close friend

Kamal Alam
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The Iran war exposed the fragility of Europe’s economy

15 April 2026

Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and rising energy prices are exposing the structural vulnerabilities of Europe's economy

Mohamed Sharki
Opinion

Lebanon’s Shiites are fighting a two-front war

15 April 2026

The first is on the border against Israel, which seeks to seize their land and drive them northwards; the second is within Lebanon itself, against a state that seeks to marginalise them

Houssam Itani

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