While the Obama administration pursued accommodation with Iran in the belief that its government was rational and deterrable, the Trump administration has opted for a path of containment…
NEW ROUND OF US SANCTIONSTARGETS IRANIAN COMPANIES
On March 26, following weeks of warnings by senior Trump administration officials, the U.S. Department of the Treasury…
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The liberal world order is in peril. Seventy-five…
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards appeared to be an exemplary model of diversity and progress as an unprecedented number of female artists — including Cardi B, making history as the first solo woman…
Tensions between Iran and its Western opponents sharpened over the past week,between Iranian saber-rattling on the one hand and growing coordination among Western powers against Tehran on the other…
As the U.S.-Chinese trade war rages on, a broader conflict is brewing between the two countries over which will secure the upper hand in technological innovation. In a speech at the Hudson…
In nearly 50 conflict zones around the world, some one and a half billion people live under the threat of violence. In many of these places, the primary enforcers of order are not police officers or…
“We must always take heed that we buy no more of strangers than we sell them, for so we should impoverish ourselves and enrich them.” Those words, written in 1549 and attributed to the English…
No one who ever assumed the presidency was more prepared for the job than George H.W. Bush.He had been the head of our mission to China, ambassador to the United Nations, Director of the Central…
Both Tehran and Washington have powerful incentives to resolve the conflict through negotiations, but actors on all sides have reasons to derail these efforts
Beijing has been expanding its base in Djibouti, the tiny state that sits opposite Yemen across the Bab al-Mandab Strait. With numerous other states also in play, this is a region to watch
From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future