Op-ed

The U.S. Departure from its longstanding policies in the Middle East under Former President Trump may have everything to do with the current situation there. During Donald Trump’s presidency, the United States pursued several diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East, including the normalization of relations between Israel and …

Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh The crisis in Gaza has once again thrust the region into the international spotlight, highlighting the ongoing struggles and suffering of its people. The relentless attacks, the suffocating siege, and the geopolitical power plays have turned Gaza into a symbol of oppression and despair. In …

With military flaps decorated in stripes and stars, the entourage of local and foreign top-ranking officials that descended upon the Moscow Conference on International Security at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre seemed little disturbed by the sporadic drones entering Russian territory. The recurrent interceptions of the unmanned …

Imagine you are the dictator of a small, impoverished country. You are, by nature, paranoid about potential threats to your survival and control of your country. Indeed, your number one objective is regime survival and control. So you devise a story about one of your neighbors and the …

It’s important to understand the distinction between Hamas – the governing party of the Gaza Strip – and the civilians who live under Hamas’ rule. Israel has declared war on the Islamist extremist group known as Hamas after a surprise attack that began on Saturday claimed the lives …

Minimizing the regulation of AI would empower the United States, but it must protect its democratic values and civil liberties. As cyberattacks grow exponentially—an insecure computer can suffer 2,000 attacks per day—Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now imperative to deal with the massive volume of breaches. Yet, it seems …

Israel’s military command has ordered Palestinians living in the north to evacuate to other parts of the Gaza Strip within twenty-four hours. In the last few days, the conflict between Hamas and Israel has reached a new level of escalation that has killed thousands of people, and the …

With the war in Ukraine and Russia’s veiled nuclear threat of a number of nuclear powered nuclear capable missiles, the unthinkable is again in the news. To assess then, the probability of a nuclear armageddon in this fraught world, a first step would be an inventory of such …

  The relentless drumbeat of conflict between Hamas and Israel has once again captured the world’s attention, bringing to the forefront the perennial challenges and tensions that punctuate the Israeli-Palestinian dynamic. The Al-Aqsa Storm, emblematic of the deep-seated animosities and strategic considerations at play, serves as a stark …