Amid a haze of declarations, the clamour of press conferences, the thunder of artillery, and the whir of drones, two opposing revolutions are…

Without intending to, the instigators of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” have inadvertently revived a longstanding dilemma in modern Arab political thought: the…

These days, the region teams with lofty declarations. Peace, we are told, is on the horizon, heralding a “golden” future for the Middle East…

There are generally two schools of Arab thought surrounding the 1967 defeat of the Egyptian and Syrian armies by Israel, which became known as the…

A year after Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah on the evening of 27 September 2024, the effect on Lebanon of both his presence…

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said little that Arabs had not heard before. When he described the peoples of the region as tribes and denied their…

Following Israel's crippling war on Lebanon, which ended in late 2024 with a supposed ceasefire agreement, a second round of hostilities looms large…

Nothing rivals the systematic killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza—except perhaps the silence of mainstream media on this ongoing atrocity…

A familiar sense of irritation arises whenever a foreign official presumes to dictate how we should manage our own affairs. What to do and what not…

Two distinct approaches to conflict management can be observed in today's modern conflicts, marking a drastic departure from the principles the…