Opinion

The first EU-GCC summit at the leadership level marks a significant step toward deepening cooperation amid global turmoil. In the current context,  the symbolism of the meeting matters.

The shifting global order and Western reluctance to intervene have allowed conflicts to persist unchecked in the Middle East

More traditional elements of statecraft and diplomacy are still holding a war-torn region back from the brink, but an old hatred is finding new levels of volatility and a readiness to cross red lines

Any failure by the microfinance institution to deliver on its commitments would have far-reaching consequences for Hezbollah. Initial reports suggest there is not widespread panic...yet.

The deployment of North Korean forces will certainly hurt Ukraine, which is suffering from a severe manpower shortage

For decades, the nation's story was one of intercommunal coexistence, but civil war from 1975 splintered the notion. Ever since, the country has needed a foundation to bring its people together.

An entirely fabricated social media post purporting to be me plunged me into an absurd yet vicious scandal, which led state security to barge into my home, detain me and invade my privacy

Analysts are asking if this is just another Damascus bluff, gesturing away from Tehran only to emerge backing it, or is this a genuine generational shift, towards the embrace of Arab states?

Where once honour and custom would confer certain privileges and passes, women living under the rule of religious extremists today face new levels of danger and marginalisation, with no end in sight

Moscow wants to make sure the opposition—or anyone else for that matter—doesn't get any funny ideas and attempt to disrupt the status quo it established when it intervened in Syria nine years ago

Dialogue has begun over a geopolitical flashpoint, and the two presidents of the Turkish-Greek island agreed to sit down again, but any progress will be painstaking

With just three weeks to go before the US presidential election, many critics see the letter as too little, too late