Op-ed

Cyril Widdershoven   OPEC+ made clear after yesterday’s meeting that it is not going to bend over under pressure of the US Administration and several other consumer countries to open up the taps. With a very strong statement made by OPEC leader Saudi minister of energy Prince Abdulaziz …

Giancarlo Valori In Syria, after the decade-long and still unfinished war, the energy shortage resulting from the loss of control over the main oil fields in the East was replenished mainly by Iran and through smuggling from the Lebanon and Iraq. Nevertheless, due to a collapse in oil …

James Dorsey Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have averted for now further violence by caving in to demands of a militant, supremacist religious group. But in doing so, Mr. Khan is allowing radical ultra-conservatism to fester, undermining social cohesion, threatening economic development, and giving militants a say …

Giancarlo Valori After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August, Russia warned against the threat from the extremist organisation of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the increase in drug trafficking. The Taliban have decided to cooperate with Russia, China and Iran to maintain regional security. The news …

Denis MacShane The EU-related obstinacy of Poland’s governing party is rooted not just in the desire to rewrite their own country’s post-war history, or even Europe’s. It is all a big-time deflection maneuver. As is becoming clearer every single day, Poland’s PiS government is fully poised to take …

Giancarlo Valori I will focus on Syria in several articles, considering the importance the country has had in international relations for centuries. Ten years ago, a civil war broke out in Syria. What is special about this conflict? What is currently happening in the country? How are Syrians …

As we pass the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks and mourn the many lives lost on that tragic day and since in the post-9/11 wars, one thing is for certain: the September 11 attacks and the United States’ response to them changed everything. In fact, Americans see …

Giancarlo Valori The incoming US Secretary of the Air Force said that China was winning the battle of Artificial Intelligence over the United States. He admitted that China would soon defeat the United States in this high-tech field. Although the Secretary of the Air Force appointed by President …

Ethen Liesen Recent data indicate that new coronavirus infections in the United States have plunged nearly sixty percent since the September spike that was brought on by the highly contagious Delta variant. However, there are still several states that are struggling to handle rising cases, especially as colder weather brings …