It’s been a week since Russia invaded Ukraine. After months of massing troops and military equipment on Ukraine’s border on the Russian and Belarussian sides, Vladimir Putin announced he would be…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned overnight from the subject of “undisclosed” amusement and infatuation to a devil threatening the world’s security, stability, and peace. The accusations…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the United Arab Emirates and the announcement of his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia (date yet to be set), has met with fierce criticism from Ayhan…

As the leaders of the Democratic Party look fearfully toward the midterm elections in November, many are recoiling from some of the left-wing progressives’ proposals that became prominent during the…

History does not repeat itself. However, if it does, then we are facing a catastrophe. This should be the starting block for analysing the Ukraine crisis. Ukraine is neither Cuba in 1962 nor is it…

It is only February, and already, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) has had a rough year. ISIS’s supporters quickly went from cheering on a large prison break in northeast Syria to learning,…

With tensions between Ukraine and Russia at breaking point, all eyes are on the man at the center of the crisis. Russian leader Vladimir Putin shows no sign of pulling Europe back from the brink,…

For the first time in a generation, there is a war waging in Europe. In the early morning hours of Thursday, February 24th, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation”…

The world is reacting to Vladimir Putin's new invasion of eastern Ukraine, as Western nations try forestall a wider invasion. I just returned from two weeks in Ukraine and Lithuania, where I spoke to…

On February 22nd, Saudi Arabia celebrates for the first time the anniversary of the founding of the Great Emirate of Diriyah nearly 300 years ago. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King…