Hezbollah’s dilemma over potential IMF bailout
Lebanon is on the brink of economic collapse and is now being forced to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help as a...
El Nino 101: What everyone needs to know
If you have never heard the term "El Nino", you might have been living under a rock.
The common informed person is probably somewhat aware...
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...
Oil price war threatens U.S. sense of energy security
The political economy of oil prices in the United States is complicated.
The United States is the world's largest oil consumer and one of its...
No one is coming to rescue Islamic State's capital
It's no secret that Washington wants Raqqa, Islamic State's proclaimed "capital" in Syria, to fall sooner rather than later. President Barack Obama has announced...
What 100,000 U.S. boots on the ground get you in Syria
Speaking in Turkey after the terrible Paris murders of last Friday, President Barack Obama recently opposed any fundamental change in U.S. strategy towards Syria...
Days after a suicide bombing, can Turkey pull back from the brink?
The date 10/10 is now synonymous with Turkey's most deadly terrorist attack in history - the day this month when two suicide bombers killed...
UK risks forfeiting credibility with law breach
Irrespective of what staunch Brexiteers proclaimed, Brexit was never going to be easy. No divorce of a couple that has been married for 47...
China threatens sanctions against U.S. companies Is this the future?
China's recent threat to impose sanctions on U.S. defense companies that sell arms to Taiwan should come as no surprise to American officials or...
Ushering in the new digital era
We are living a new reality. The ways we socialize, exercise, work, travel, consume and trade have been updated, like new software on our...
