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Some consider the AI rivalry between China and the United States to be not dissimilar to the technological rivalry between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. Sara Padovan

Why the race to AI dominance has echoes of the Cold War

Global competition to lead the 21st century artificial intelligence revolution is currently a two-horse race between America and China. Is this today's arms race, or are we headed for multipolarity?

Christopher Phillips 28 July 2026
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP

Pakistan proves its utility as a key US intermediary

Islamabad emerges as a key bridge in tricky conflicts from Iran to China

Kamal Alam 15 February 2026
AFP / Al Majalla

Trump’s bipolar vision misreads a multipolar world

Suggestions of a 'G2' risks overestimating America and China's ability to reorganise the world

Shirley Ze Yu 22 November 2025
President Nixon meets with Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung in Peking, during his 1972 visit to China. Getty Images

51 years after Nixon’s groundbreaking visit, China-US relations at an all-time low

The Chinese spy balloon incident, as well as Beijing's cosy relationship with Moscow, have soured already tense relations

Sami Moubayed 01 March 2023

A New Pacific Cold War Between Washington and Beijing

While social tension and unrest in the streets of the United States have garnered most of the headlines, in the diplomatic backgroundm the makings of an intensified rivalry between Washington and…

Joseph Braude 04 June 2020
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Saudi Arabia's nuclear ambitions

29 July 2026

Washington - or a turn elsewhere?

Al Majalla - London
A man looks at the destruction from a damaged house as residents inspect their homes in Zawtar al-Gharbiya on 28 July 2026, after the Lebanese army deployed to the southern village. AFP
Politics

Why Israel may want to start ‘fighting smart’ in Lebanon

02 August 2026

An Israeli diplomat recently told Lebanese Shiites that Israel did not see them as the enemy, but it is a difficult argument to make given the death and destruction. Is there a better way?

Frederic C. Hof
Workers are seen through a pipe at a construction site on the extension of Russia's TurkStream gas pipeline. Reuters
Business & Economy

Getting the oil out: exploring Hormuz alternatives

03 August 2026

Al Majalla looks at potential new export routes that big oil producers can use to offset Iran's control over key regional waterways

Sharif Mohammad
Mustafa Ali Abu Bakr, 76, stands in front of his family’s graves after they were broken by Israeli soldiers near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 31 July 2026. Reuters
Politics

Settler attacks increase ahead of Israel election

03 August 2026

Settlement expansion in the West Bank is popular with Israeli voters, which explains the uptick in violence in recent weeks

Sherine Younes
A member of the Popular Mobilisation Forces monitors the Iraq-Syria border in Al-Qaim, January 23, 2026. AFP
Politics

Iraq’s armed factions are still three steps ahead of Baghdad

03 August 2026

Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has vowed to dissolve armed groups by the end of September, but this is highly unlikely. Al Majalla explains why.

Salam Zaidan

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