Given concerns about Hezbollah backlash, Beirut will likely want to proceed incrementally toward its stated goal of establishing a state monopoly on weapons
In a world aflame with protest,Latin Americastands out as a raging ten-alarm fire. FromBoliviatoEcuador,HaititoHonduras, the closing months of 2019 have seen enormous, sometimes violent…
The Sultanate of Oman, the oldest independent state in the Arab world, voted this week to elect an 86 member consultative council. Oman’s location at the mouth of the Gulf at the south-east corner of…
In 2015, over 1.2 million asylum seekers arrived in theEuropean Union. They were fleeing war zones inAfghanistan,South Sudan, andSyria; economic deprivation inNigeriaandPakistan; and political…
The din of partisanship in Washington quieted briefly this weekend as figures across the political spectrum hailed the demise of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Early reports indicate intelligence…
Over the past two weeks, a foreign policy debate has re-emerged within the Democratic party, stemming from President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Vice President Joe Biden and…
Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia's Prime Minister in April2018, the firstOromoto lead his country. The Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, had never been in prominent positions of power in the…
It seems with each passing week, a new bombshell is dropped which only prolongs the Brexit saga, much to the delight of Remainers and Brexiters (at least those who dislike the deal that Johnson and…
Only a few months ago, Kurds in theMiddle Eastwere optimistic. They enjoyed a newfound international recognition, and a major political breakthrough glimmered on their horizon. Their confidence…
AU.S.-led military coalition succeeded in toppling the self-declared caliphate of ISIS, inIraqandSyriajust this past March. Remarkably, only around 2,000U.S.troops took part in this effort, a…
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.