While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting
President-electJoe Bidenwill inherit aU.S.-Indian relationship that is nearer than ever to a formal alliance. In the past decade,WashingtonandNew Delhihave deepened their diplomatic and defense ties,…
Less than a year ago, Ethiopian Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmedaccepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Today, his country is on the brink of civil war. Tensions between Abiy’s government and the Tigrayan People…
Since election day, Donald Trump and other Republicans have filed a smattering of lawsuits in battleground states as his campaign push on to fight the election results tooth-and-nail.
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While the results of America’s presidential election have yet to be officially certified, all but a relative handful of observers have concluded that former Vice-President Joe Biden has prevailed and…
On Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump fired his secretary of defense, Mark Esper,via tweet. The move came just two days after Joe Biden won the 2020 Presidential election, a development Trump…
As the world watch the US presidential elections closely, it is not a surprise that the sharp internal divisions in America are also reflected in sharp divisions within the Middle East. It seems –…
As his hope of winning re-election at the polls fades, DonaldTrump has been engaged in a flurry of legal activity to try to improve his chances and cast doubt on the election results, laying ground…
Though America’s Presidential election still hangs in the balance, to be determined by a relative handful of votes across Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and other swing states, veteran observers can…
For a century, conflict has flared over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian enclave nestled within the borders of Azerbaijan. In the 1990s, Armenians believed they had won…
With just days to go before the U.S. presidential election, Americans are once again scrolling through news feeds full of stories about foreign operations that seek to undermine their country’s…
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.