Tehran isn't likely to easily fold if/when Trump attacks. This means that the longer a military confrontation drags out, the more untenable Washington's position becomes.
Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is the favorite to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize after she rose to lead a millions-strong youth movement demanding action…
Every day brings more evidence of the United States’ profound political polarization. Partisan intransigence, vitriol, and divisiveness now contaminate most government institutions. What is…
Last month,the United Stateswithdrew from a landmark missile treaty withRussia. Another crucial arms control treaty, the New START agreement, is set to expire in early 2021.Chinaand several other…
OnSeptember 14, drones and cruise missiles struck Saudi Arabia’s most important oil-processing facility, at Abqaiq. The attacks don’t just threaten the global oil supply, of which Abqaiq…
Tehran has doubled down on a course of diplomatic brinkmanship that may inadvertently consolidate the Western alliance. President Rouhani spurned a long-planned overture by French President Macron to…
“This International Iron and Steel conference will shed light on the investment opportunities within the Saudi Arabian steel industry. It is these opportunities which will advance our cooperation…
In a sweeping and controversial move onAugust 5,Indiatransformed its relationship to the disputed territory ofKashmir. The government of Prime MinisterNarendra Modichose to eliminate…
On March 23, 2019, U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab militias captured the last territorial redoubt of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. After a bloody, four-year campaign, a caliphate approximately the…
For many years, the annual meeting of theUnited Nations General Assembly(UNGA) in September was a centerpiece ofU.S.global leadership.
But when presidents and prime…
As world leaders gathered this week in New York for the 74th UN General Assembly, trouble was brewing back in Washington and London for both Trump and Johnson, respectively. Britain’s Supreme Court…
The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.
As the US and Iran head to talks in Geneva, competing forces are pulling Trump in opposite directions. There are only two "good" scenarios in front of him, and neither will be easy to achieve.
His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations