Hezbollah and Hariri’s resignation, time for confrontation
Around a year later, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri made the normal and expected decision of leaving Hezbollah’s secret government.
Hariri formed his government in...
The way forward
After four months of sustained and determined political efforts, Egypt successfully drove both Fatah and Hamas to seal an accord of national Palestinian reconciliation...
Saudi crown prince is a force for moderation, unlike Tehran
This week, Iran’s state-owned media hailed the regime for supposedly being a constructive player in the region and creating hope for the younger generation....
Corruption is corrosive, and Saudi Arabia is right to fight it
For a long time, organizations such as the World Bank, the UN Development Programme and Transparency International, not to mention respected academics and authors,...
Why the U.S. may still have to go to war against Iran
Effective enforcement of the Iranian nuclear deal remains a conundrum. Enshrined in the agreement is "snapback" - the restoration of international economic sanctions against...
Why war crimes charges now extend to the destruction of ancient monuments
For the first time, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened war crimes proceedings against an Islamist militant accused of leading in...
Egypt beware: Daesh militants who survive will have to go somewhere
Daesh seems to be shaking before finally falling down. It started a few months ago when different parties felt that Daesh had served its...
Trump excludes Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces from his Iran strategy
Donald Trump’s exclusion of Iraq from his enumeration of Iranian violations in the Arab world and the IRGC’s roles there, and in Syria, Yemen...
Trump’s Pacific sabre rattling
To understand the United States’ stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are under way in...
Republican candidates field a resistance movement against change
Look at the slogans Republican presidential candidates are running on: "Make America great again" (Donald Trump); "Believe again" (Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal); "Reigniting the...
