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Biden speaks at a press conference at the White House, in Washington on February 8, 2024. REUTERS

Biden didn't really try to end the war in Gaza

US-led diplomatic talks were essentially a performance, doomed from the outset

Nathan J. Robinson 30 November 2024
Michelle Thompson/Majalla

Aleksandr Dugin: Russia has lost the West but has rediscovered the world

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, the Russian political philosopher explains his country's pivot to the Global South and why nothing will change Moscow's edge on the Ukrainian battlefield

Ahmed Maher 26 November 2024

Biden allows Ukraine to use US missiles inside Russia

Fares Garabet 21 November 2024

What a new book’s explosive revelations tell us about Biden, Trump, and Putin

Bob Woodward's "War" suggests Biden may have stopped a nuclear war even as Trump was secretly talking to Russia's president

Michael Hirsh 22 October 2024
President Joe Biden, flanked by his son Hunter Biden (R), tells the nation about his decision not to seek re-election on July 24, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via AFP

Joe Biden’s sense of déjà vu 50 years after Nixon resigned

Nixon was the first sitting president to resign from office, while Biden is the first sitting president in two generations to pull out of a presidential race. Both men are part of American history

Sami Moubayed 20 August 2024
Fares Garabet

Sprung a leak? US President Joe Biden gets that sinking feeling

Fares Garabet 22 July 2024
Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia was president until the ripe old age of 93. AFP

Senior statesmen: the Arab world’s octogenarian presidents

Joe Biden's travails in the United States are familiar in the Middle East, a region that has had its fair share of elderly rulers. Here, Al Majalla looks at some who make the Democrat look young.

Sami Moubayed 16 July 2024
After Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy this weekend, his vice president, Kamala Harris, has suddenly emerged as a leading candidate. Laura Salafia

Kamala Harris: America's first female president?

The former senator and attorney general is already the first woman and first African American to serve as vice president. Now that Joe Biden has withdrawn, will she be on the ballot?

Con Coughlin 14 July 2024
US President Joe Biden holds a press conference during NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

I met Biden recently. As a doctor, this was my impression.

While he appeared focused and maintained strong eye contact, he did make a few errors in recalling the names of some Middle Eastern leaders during our meeting

Zaher Sahloul 13 July 2024
US President Joe Biden while participating in the first election debate with Republican candidate Donald Trump in Atlanta on June 27, 2024. AFP

Biden's losing battle with age has echoes in Shakespeare

The president seems to be losing a battle with age but cannot see it, nor can those closest to him. While Biden is no Julius Caesar, there are similarities between the two.

Samer Abou Hawwach 12 July 2024
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US President Donald Trump addresses members of the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base on 28 October 2025. 
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Politics

Mission creep: Trump's goal in Iran remains unclear

11 March 2026

Without a stable objective, military action risks becoming an open-ended process, rather than a strategy with a clear end goal

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Choke point: how the Iran war is stifling global energy markets

13 March 2026

A US-Israeli attack on Iran has turned into a regional war, sending Brent crude prices over $100 a barrel, and throwing shipping, inflation, and monetary policy into turmoil

Abdulfattah Khattab
US Navy sailors send signals to an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft, 124th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, as it walks on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on 28 February 2026.
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Documents & Memoirs

Could the US-Iran war spark World War III?

16 March 2026

The current conflict is unlikely to go global for now, but the speed at which it has spread regionally is alarming. A look at history shows the geopolitical factors that led to world wars.

Christopher Phillips
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

There are few good alternatives to the Hormuz Strait

13 March 2026

Riyadh and Cairo are trying to ease the acute oil shortfall through alternative pipelines, but these are just band-aid solutions, as the world's most vital energy corridor remains closed by Iran

Marcelle Nasr
A girl shows a peace sign, as Syrians gather to mark the anniversary of the 2011 uprising against the ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, on 15 March 2026. REUTERS / Yamam Al Shaar
Politics

One year on, Syria's National Dialogue promises fall flat

16 March 2026

The rushed 2025 rollout raised questions about the government's seriousness. Since then, no meaningful record has been published, fuelling fears that it was just a show.

Haid Haid

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