Among the collateral damage of the war in Ukraine is a school of thought: realism. This intellectual tradition insists that the pursuit of national interests trumps higher ideals, such as the…
June 24 will mark four months since Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. The war rages on without an end in sight. Both sides have new objectives now, to which they are…
What is exactly the relation between former president Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin?
Last week, Newsweek magazine quoted a commentator on Russian state-run TV thanking Trump…
Russia on Thursday warned the West that there would be a tough military response to any further attack on Russian territory, accusing the United States and its key European allies of openly inciting…
The NATO and Western countries took the decision to provide aid to Ukraine in its war against the Russian “invasion,” in an attempt to avoid direct confrontation with Moscow. Since the start of the…
After 40 days of Russia’s war in Ukraine the conflict seems to show no end in sight and has entered a new phase. After suffering significant defeats and failing to take Kyiv, Odessa, and Kharkiv…
Offers of political mediation between Russia and Ukraine have not stopped since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014 and the tragic events that followed, reaching their climax these days,…
Contemporary history has not witnessed such an escalation with consequences Russia did not suffer from its Western opponents even during the height of the Cold War, which lasted for more than forty…
The war returned to impose its standards and laws that have long defined the features and faces of societies wherever they are and whenever they are confronted.
Russia and Ukraine were no…
In a leading editorial on Tuesday the Washington Post wrote about a new attitude in the US about the war in Ukraine as it entered its second month: frustration, if not fatigue. “Frustration is…
The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks
A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy
The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.
As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.