The 2026 Lebanon-Israel talks have echoes in 1983

Largely forgotten by history, leaders in Beirut and Tel Aviv shook hands on a plan for normal bilateral relations 43 years ago, after yet another Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.

Elie Kossaifi

The European Roots of the Alt-Right

[caption id="attachment_55254807" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Peter Cvjetanovic (R) along with Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists encircle and chant at counter protestors at the base…

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The Houthis: A Yemeni Hezbollah?

[caption id="attachment_55254799" align="aligncenter" width="2506"] Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels shout slogans during a gathering to mobilise more fighters to battlefronts to fight pro-government…

Hanin Ghaddar

Turkey's New Missiles

[caption id="attachment_55254765" align="aligncenter" width="3969"] President of Russia, Vladimir Putin (C-L) is welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-R) with an official ceremony, at…

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A conversation with David Shedd

[caption id="attachment_55254757" align="aligncenter" width="900"] David Shedd[/caption] by Joseph Braude David Shedd is one of the most influential American intelligence officers in the post…

Joseph Braude

The Clash Over Kirkuk

[caption id="attachment_55254760" align="aligncenter" width="4377"] Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi (L) meets with Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani (R) upon his arrival at…

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Primetime Politics

[caption id="attachment_55254741" align="aligncenter" width="7072"] An elderly woman watches TV broadcasting of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual televised question-and-answer session with…

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Sanctions and Sudan

[caption id="attachment_55254742" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] A Sudanese woman demonstrates outside the US embassy in the capital Khartoum on November 3, 2015, to protest against sanctions…

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