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Just two weeks after the fall of the Assad regime, Barbara Leaf became the first US official to meet Ahmed al-Sharaa—the man who led the group…

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One year after his election, Donald Trump stands more visible and consequential than ever. No longer just an extraordinary figure in American…

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On 7 December last year, Bahrain hosted its customary round of the Manama Dialogue. On stage, speeches centred on Gulf security, the Red Sea, and…

In February 1972, Richard Nixon stepped into the heart of Communist China at a time when hostility between the two countries was at its height. The…

This was not my first visit to Japan. Every time I've been here over the past two decades, the country seems different. I feel as if I am stepping…

Syria and Türkiye are currently in discussions to expand the scope of a key diplomatic deal which brought them back from the brink of military…

Over two decades, Ahmed al-Sharaa—once known by numerous aliases—moved through more than 50 homes, prisons and caves before emerging as Syria’s…