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In an interview with Al Majalla, the German Arabist points out the flaws of economic globalisation, which don't necessarily embrace cultural diversity and pluralism nor advance human rights Mona Eing

Stefan Weidner gets candid on Western arrogance

In an interview with Al Majalla, the German Arabist points out the flaws of economic globalisation, which don't necessarily embrace cultural diversity and pluralism nor advance human rights

Mohamed abi Samra 28 March 2024
In the 70s, Britain accepted a degree of responsibility for the Ugandan Asians' plight, and Western states accepted their role in the suffering of the Indochinese. Today things are much different. AlMajalla

Why the West is increasingly abandoning its responsibility toward refugees

The Syria and Ukraine crises show that if refugees are from the 'right' place and the 'right' conflict, then the welcome mats are rolled out.

Christopher Phillips 16 October 2023
It can be argued that Russia's war on Ukraine started in 2008 when it invaded Georgie. Al Majalla explains why the South Caucasus is an important missing piece of the discussion. Majalla/Agencies

Understanding Russia's war on Ukraine starts with understanding Russia's Black Sea politics

It can be argued that Russia's war on Ukraine started in 2008 when it invaded Georgie. Al Majalla explains why the South Caucasus is an important missing piece of the discussion.

Anna Borshchevskaya 20 September 2023
G7 leaders pose on a boat in Hiroshima. AFP

G7: Valuable forum or outdated irrelevance?

The G7, which now consists of neither the seven largest economies nor the seven most prosperous democracies, feels increasingly out of date to a world that has moved on

Christopher Phillips 26 May 2023
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz. SPA

A New Saudi Arabia in the New Middle East

For better or worse, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is rapidly transitioning into a new geopolitical structure, with new centers of influence and diverse agendas of individual and…

Dalia Ziada 18 February 2022
Muslim Brotherhood supporters. (Reuters)

Will the Taliban Provide a Hub for Muslim Brotherhood?

The incumbent authority in Afghanistan collapsed very quickly, and the extremist militant Taliban swept vast swathes of the country to reach the capital Kabul even earlier than expected, announcing…

Abdelkader Zaoui 20 August 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin answers journalists' questions about his article titled "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" in Saint Petersburg on July 13, 2021. (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian Attempts at Primacy in the Near Abroad

Once in a while Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will pen an article and share with the world what’s on his mind. In 2013 he published an op-ed in the New York Times, addressing the American public,…

Maia Otarashvili 16 July 2021
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Why siccing Syria's army on Hezbollah is so dangerous

28 June 2026

If Trump's idea is implemented, it would all but certainly further undermine regional stability and US interests in the Middle East

David Schenker
Neil Webb
Science & Technology

The G7 grapples with the politics of AI access

23 June 2026

As advanced AI models become strategic assets, the G7 is confronting difficult questions of access, dependence, and control

Marco Mossad
Massad Boulos, Trump's Middle East advisor, speaks at the Libya Energy and Economic Summit at the Tripoli International Conference Centre in Tripoli on 24 January, 2026. MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP
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US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

Areig Elhag
Grace Russell
Business & Economy

The World Cup is helping boost the Arab hospitality sector

26 June 2026

Owing to time-zone differences, the tournament is creating a new spending cycle for cafés and restaurants in Arab cities

Mohamed Sharki
Culture & Social Affairs

Umberto Eco's 'Inventing the Enemy' as relevant as ever

22 June 2026

A forgotten lecture by the renowned Italian writer at the University of Bologna in 2008 traced the history of hatred through language, myth, and imagination, all of which still apply today

Antoine Jockey

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