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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
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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 Now that Joe Biden has withdrawn, will she be on the ballot?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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As the US and Iran spar over Hormuz deal, the world waits with bated breath

12 August 2026

Any agreement that restores traffic through the strait will bring immediate relief, but repairing the damage wrought by war—and restoring confidence—will take far longer

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Al Majalla
Politics

Is multipolarity helping or hindering Iran?

12 August 2026

A bit of both. It enabled its rise as a regional power, then helped weaken it, and may now help prevent its complete defeat.

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East

12 August 2026

Riyadh has made clear its vision for the future of a "new Middle East"—and it is one based on mutual respect, unity, peace and prosperity

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

How AI is rewriting the rules of war and peace

10 August 2026

As states race to embed algorithms in systems of reconnaissance, targeting, air defence, and military decision-making, a new layer of risk is taking shape

Mohammed Mansour
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

The art of Taqāsīm: dividing time and charging silence

11 August 2026

Al Majalla traces the evolution of the solo improvisation musical form indigenous to the Middle East region

Fadi El-Abdallah

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