COVID-19: 100 days that changed world
On Tuesday it was 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia, of unknown cause,...
Iranian regime facing a three-dimensional crisis
The Iranian regime is currently facing the highest level of pressure it has experienced in decades. It is encountering three major problems, which are...
Buckle up, the ‘new normal’ is going to be a bumpy ride
One of the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic has been a serious of previously unthinkable political and economic outcomes. Even a few weeks ago, few...
Putin may be rethinking why Russia is in Syria
Parts of the world are cautiously easing lockdown restrictions and attempting a return to some sort of normality, having overcome the worst of the...
The real reason China's leader jailed so many of his peers
While speaking to tech leaders in Seattle on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping denied that his pursuit of corrupt officials was a "House of...
Erdogan’s Syria plan unlikely to bear fruit
Media outlets in Turkey have claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised an important issue with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their bilateral...
Pandemic challenges Europe’s sense of itself
COVID-19 has had a profound impact on how nations interact with each other. A pandemic is by definition global, and demands global responses; but...
Travel now triggers a warning light thanks to lockdown
How many times a day did we used to find ourselves saying or texting, “Safe travels” to others, or having them sent to us...
Youth suffer again as Coronavirus crisis bites
The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has already taken a very heavy toll in terms of human life, as the total loss has...
Lifting Iran arms embargo would increase regional disorder
The already-volatile situation in the Middle East is likely to be pitched into even greater discord by mid-October, as the probability increases that an...
