Gaza in ruin: lost deeds muddle proof of ownership

As reconstruction looms, Gaza's Palestinians find themselves unable to prove who they are or what they own, their identity cards and title deeds lost beneath the rubble of war

Salem Al Rayyes

Military Coup in America?

A military coup’d’etat in America? No sane person inside or outside America could have thought about that, but as a result of recent political events – particularly since the election of former…

Mohammad Ali Salih

The Never-Ending Brexit

It feels strange to have arrived at only the first anniversary of something that has dominated life in the United Kingdom for half a decade. For the British who wanted to leave the European Union,…

Anand Menon

How Extremism Went Mainstream

In the months before and after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, millions of Americans clicked their way through an online flood of disinformation, including the widely distributed falsehood that…

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

What Putin Really Wants in Ukraine

As 2021 came to a close, Russia presented the United States with a list of demands that it said were necessary to stave off the possibility of a large-scale military conflict in Ukraine. In a draft…

Dmitri Trenin

Taxing the Rich

The centuries-old debate in the US about taxing the rich for the benefit of the poor and for maintaining a fair society, reached its climax last week when Elon Musk, the richest man on earth (almost …

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