The longest-living American president is best remembered in the Arab world for the Camp David Accords and for not wanting to rescue the Shah after he was toppled by Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979
Trump has brought currency valuation into the campaign spotlight, when it should be free market forces that balance and re-evaluate the currency with status as the world's main means of exchangern
Washington's role as convenor of effective talks to ease tension in global flashpoints is faltering, with Sudan the latest example, as the influence of the once 'indispensable nation' fades
The euphoric Democratic National Convention did its job and the party is united on the task at-hand. The US Vice President must now prepare for her big TV debate against Donald Trump in a fortnight
The serial tech entrepreneur once stood in line to shake Barack Obama's hand. Now he sits across from Donald Trump wagging, nodding, salivating, and retweeting. Has he earned enough for a hug?
Beijing would like the week to mark a historic turning point in which a unipolar world finally gave way to multipolarity. To others, it was just tub-thumping bravura. In reality, it was a bit of both.
The country now sits at an energy crossroads: will its recovery be anchored in oil and gas, or will it seize the chance to lean into renewables and build something more resilient?
After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?
Recent books from Yemen, Egypt, and Syria take a new look at the 10th-century philosopher's famed letter 'The Epistle of Forgiveness', which is said to have inspired Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
An earthquake in Afghanistan earlier this week levelled entire villages and left people trapped under rubble for days, but in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, saviours were thin on the ground