As Britain’s involvement in the Middle East began to decline after the Second World War, the US’s role in the region started to gradually increase. Today, the Middle East has become a cornerstone of…

The drama continues to unfold in Britain’s greatest ever reality show. Last week Boris Johnson, aka “Britain Trump”, kept audiences around the globe glued to their television sets as the Queen…

InAugust 2008, I visited a hospital roughly 100 miles outside the Zimbabwean capital,Harare. Hundreds of patients lay in overcrowded wards and on makeshift beds in hallways and in waiting areas…

On the night ofAugust 17, as over 1,000 guests danced at a wedding celebration inDubaiCity, a hall inKabulnamed after the Afghan elite’s favorite weekend getaway, a 23-year-old interloper detonated…

Raja Nicola Abdul Masih was born in the Masalma neighbourhood of Omdurman in Sudan in the 1950s. She is a member of Sudan’s Coptic Christian minority which represents 4.5% of the…

At first, when demonstrators began spilling into city streets, citizens were surprised by their audacity and struck by their idealism, openness, and élan as they confronted the might of theChinese…

In the wake of the Brexit crisis, the idea of a unitedIrelandhas returned to the political agenda. Politicians in both parts of a divided country believe that Irish unity is a credible prospect over…

On August 28, the Queen approved Boris Johnson’s request to “prorogue,” or suspend, parliament just days after it returns from summer recess next week, leaving MPs with just the time between 2…

Brexituncertainty hangs like a cloud over Britain’s workforce and has brought us nightmarish new headlines from the business world on almost weekly bases. Britain’s decision to leave the bloc has…

While President Trump delivered a rebuke to voices calling for immediate negotiations with Iran, labeling such moves premature, Iranian officials disavowed any intention of seeking talks with the U.S…