Iran's deep ties with key countries are enough to set off US anxiety and influence strategic calculations, but not enough to constitute a decisive second front in times of war
Struggles now underway in the U.S. Congress will affect the Biden’s administration’s foreign policy for years to come. On one front, Democrats and Republicans are arrayed across familiar lines in a…
After the last meeting with the president to form a new cabinet, PM designate Saad Hariri called Aoun’s demands “unacceptable”. He insisted that it is not the job of the President to form cabinets…
Haim Saban is a US-Israeli media mogul and businessman who ranks #295 in the Forbes list of the richest people in the US with an estimated net worth of three billion dollars. His wealth is attributed…
Nohad El Machnouk, the Lebanese member of parliament and former minister of interior and municipalities, spoke to Majalla about Lebanon’s government formation deadlock and its causes. He explained…
Over the last several days, there have been some Arab and foreign calls for Syria’s return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension following the revolution that erupted in Syria in 2011.
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At midnight on December 31, 2020, the United Kingdom completed its withdrawal from the European Union. Having finally signed a trade deal governing the relationship between the two sides, London was …
Last week, American and Chinese diplomats met for a long-anticipated bilateral summit in Anchorage, Alaska. While few observers were expecting a cordial affair, the degree of animosity freely…
In the green, undulating hills of eastern India that supply the world with Darjeeling tea, revolution is brewing as a new generation dreams of life beyond the confines and hardship of plantation work…
Concluding a series of events to document violations committed by Houthis in Yemen, the Yemeni Coalition of Independent Women organized this week an online seminar entitled “Nazi Houthi Racism and…
Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khaja took office on 14 February 2021 as the first ambassador to Israel in the country's history, after the cabinet of the United Arab Emirates approved the opening of an embassy…
Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players
The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.
Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.