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Fares Garabet 25 July 2024

Abdullah Al-Dardari, the assistant secretary-general of the UN tells Al Majalla how the Middle East can rise to the challenges it faces in a complex world.

Al-Dardari: Early recovery is the best way to address the Middle East's multiple crises

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, the UN assistant secretary-general says the traditional approach of dealing with issues in silos no longer works and a 360 approach is needed.

Ibrahim Hamidi 08 August 2023

People inspect damage in the aftermath of an Israeli air strike that hit the medieval Citadel of Damascus on February 19, 2023.

AFP

Reaching for the Heights: The secret American attempt to reach Israel-Syria peace

Hof says that the inability to reach peace was a result of lack of will more so than US shortcomings

Nikolaos van Dam 02 March 2023

There are many reasons to believe that prevailing global geopolitical conditions have ended, and we are in the throes of new world order, but it is difficult to predict what this new order will look like, says Salamé.

AFP

Ghassan Salamé: Ukraine war signals 'labour pains' of new world order

There are many reasons to believe that prevailing geopolitical conditions have ended, and we are in the throes of new world order, but it is difficult to predict what this new order will look like.

Ibrahim Hamidi 20 February 2023

Whose Dream is this Nightmare?

Not so long ago, Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, made some very striking remarks on Italian television. According to the Guardian, he was asked ‘…how Russia could say it needed to …

Bryn Haworth 27 August 2022

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha (left) meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the Royal Court, Al Yamamah Palace, in Riyadh, Jan. 25, 2022. (Thai Prime Minister’s Office)

Saudi-Thai Normalization

In 2016, Bahraini former Prime Minister late Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman led mediation efforts to mend the broken ties between Saudi Arabia and Thailand since 1990. He managed to hold an official…

Motasem Al Felou 04 February 2022

A handout photo made available by the Saudi Royal Court shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (L) meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al- Nahyan (R) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 08 December 2021. Bin Salman started on 08 December a tour of Gulf countries. (EPA/BANDAR ALJALOUD/SAUDI ROYAL COURT)

Balancing the Arab Gulf Momentum

Most of the news coming out of the Middle East, these days, is about the Arab Gulf countries’ unprecedented diplomatic activity on both regional and international horizons. The Arab Gulf region is…

Dalia Ziada 10 December 2021

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, delivers remarks beside U.S. President Joe Biden, to Department of Defense personnel at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 10, 2021.

Biden’s Foreign Policy Success Will Depend on How America Rebuilds at Home

Earlier this month President Joe Biden went to the State Department to pump up a demoralized foreign service corps, and to tell the world: “America is back. Diplomacy is back at the center of our…

Trudy Rubin 23 February 2021

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