In Beijing, US President Donald Trump was received with lavish courtesy and exacting choreography: tours through the symbols of imperial history,…
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From Moscow to Beijing, and from Washington to New Delhi, the world seems to be entering a new phase, its contours shaped by four men: Donald Trump,…
The US-China competition has officially expanded beyond trade and technology into the very heart of multilateral institutions. The global development…
Damascus has recovered its natural cadence. Within it, the old and the new live side by side, the steadfast and the changing, reassurance shaded by…
In 1982, the Israeli army invaded Lebanon and advanced to Beirut. The Palestine Liberation Organisation was expelled, and Hezbollah was in its…
When the US and Israel waged war on 28 February, some expected the immediate collapse of the Iranian regime, following the assassination of its…
From the earliest hours of the conflict, the Gulf found itself drawn into the very heart of the confrontation. As war erupted between the United…
Farid al-Madhan, who was known by his pseudonym “Caesar" for years, was a military employee in Syria, serving in the forensic evidence division of…
Will Syria gain from the war with Iran, or lose because of it? Damascus has found itself facing a new test, hemmed in by multiple theatres of…
In Part 1, the Kurdish-Syrian leader Sipan Hamo spoke of his upbringing, politicisation, and participation in armed struggle, which led him to found…
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Lebanon-Israel negotiations held under Israeli fire
