One of recent history’s most enduring lessons is that great, generational alliances are seldom built on handshakes alone. They survive when they are…

The Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump on 24 November designating specific chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist…

In international diplomacy, the trajectories of grand alliances are often condensed into symbolic moments that transcend the scope of traditional…

The US-Saudi relationship took a step forward on 18 November when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman landed in Washington for a White House meeting…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington is no routine diplomatic visit or a fleeting reaction to the ‘May deal’ that US…

Donald Trump continues to represent a complete rupture with the legacy of American foreign policy, seeking not to manage the existing system but to…

US President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel and Egypt earlier this week was elucidating. He shed America’s traditional mantle of world policeman and…

The Democratic RepublicIn Book I of Plato’s Republic, the Greek philosopher recounts the dialogues his teacher Socrates had on the concepts of…

Amidst heightened political tension and division in the US, Charlie Kirk’s appearance at Utah Valley University featured familiar rhetoric against…

Throughout Islamic history, the concept of the ‘state’ has been mired in significant theological (kalam) and jurisprudential debates, revealing a…