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Pfizer company logo is seen at a Pfizer office in Puurs, Belgium, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Pfizer, BioNTech Countersue Moderna Over COVID-19 Vaccine Patents

Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and its German partner, BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE), fired back at Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) in a patent lawsuit over their rival COVID-19 vaccines, seeking dismissal of the lawsuit in…

06 December 2022
FILE PHOTO: Container trucks, ships and cranes are shown at the Port of Long Beach as supply chain problem continue from Long Beach, California, U.S. November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

The Supply Chain Crisis and the Future of Globalization

Last year, as the first COVID-19 vaccines began to roll out, I predicted in Foreign Affairs that the global economy would come roaring back and eventually usher in a new golden age of globalization…

Harold James 04 February 2022
A health worker prepares a syringe of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine outside the Wonderpark Shopping Centre, in Pretoria, on Dec. 8, 2021. (Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

As an American Living in South Africa, I’ve Watched as Omicron Has Entangled my 2 Countries

I have been an American living in South Africa for more than eight years. Since November, the omicron variant has become a fulcrum that has linked my two countries, which usually orbit quite…

Chloe Dugger 10 January 2022
President Joe Biden listens during the Quad summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Shift in China-US Competition

The past month saw a series of proactive U.S. engagements with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region, headlined by the announcement of a newly enhanced Australia-U.K.-U.S. trilateral…

Hoang Vu and Thuc D Pham 15 October 2021
A COVID-19 particle is pictured in this image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC/TNS)

Is The Mu Variant More Dangerous Than Delta?

The highly infectious delta variant has sparked a new wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide in recent months, hampering reopenings and slowing the economic recovery. Now comes word of a new…

Sam Fazeli 18 September 2021
A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Here’s Why the FDA Shouldn’t Rush Giving Full Approval to the COVID Vaccines

It’s undoubtedly a coincidence, but two commentators I find most thoughtful and trustworthy both weighed in Wednesday on the question of whether the Food and Drug Administration should just go ahead…

Michael Hiltzik 25 July 2021
Empty vials of AstraZeneca-Oxford's Covishield vaccine against Covid-19 is seen on a table inside a hospital on May 2, 2021 in Bengaluru, India. (TNS)

How Foreign Aid For Medicine Yields Big Economic Returns

President Joe Biden’s decision to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to other countries by June 2022 is an important step toward restoring the United States’ global standing. Another, parallel…

Edward Miguel 30 June 2021
Original clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines were to win emergency use approval. Follow-up study has been less than systematic. (TNS)

Blood Clots Aren't the Only Vaccine Side Effects Worth Studying

One can hardly blame people for being worried about the new COVID-19 vaccines when there are so many anecdotal reports of weird side effects — including women experiencing disturbing changes in their…

Faye Flam 21 June 2021
A medical worker inoculates a colleague with a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai on January 16, 2021. (AFP)

Why India Desperately Needs a New — and More Just — COVID Vaccine Policy

As India reeled under a deadly second wave of COVID-19, with massive shortages of medical supplies and hospital beds, authorities finally understood the need to rapidly vaccinate the country's…

Jayshree Bajoria 01 June 2021
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on 21 January 2026. Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP
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In Davos, a tale of two speeches

22 January 2026

Trump follows Greenland threats by announcing a "future deal," while Canada's prime minister describes it all as a "rupture in the world order"

Ravi Agrawal
Syrians celebrate in Raqqa on 19 January 2026, after Syria and the SDF struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday. REUTERS / Karam al-Masri
Politics

Why Syrian army gains against the SDF unnerve Israel

20 January 2026

Israeli media have painted the "defeat of the Kurds" as a win for Türkiye, while Israel's military worries that this may carry negative implications for its presence in the Golan

Michael Harari
Opinion

The battle for the state is reshaping regional alliances

18 January 2026

From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation

Ibrahim Hamidi
A general view of a concrete block marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, on 4 November 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Is Israel annexing more than half of Gaza?

20 January 2026

The ambiguous meaning of Israel's new yellow line

Giovanni Legorano
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) shakes hands with Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo on 18 December 2025. AFP
Politics

Egypt stiffens its resolve to stop Sudan fragmentation

18 January 2026

For Cairo, stability in its southern neighbour is a national security issue. After almost three years of seeking a diplomatic solution, there are signs that it is now turning to firepower.

Amr Emam

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