Geopolitics

To counter Pakistan’s security and economic challenges, it is imperative to restrain the military within its constitutional role, curbing unwarranted interference in politics, and addressing instances where the military’s institutional interests supersede broader national interests. Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country and a nuclear-armed nation, grapples with …

Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh In the complex landscape of Israeli-Palestinian relations, the Palestinian leadership finds itself at a critical juncture. It is a moment that demands an irreversible shift away from an Israeli-American-dictated process and a break from old routines. Simultaneously, the Jordanian leadership faces an unenviable dilemma, …

U.S. bombers and other aircraft conducted airstrikes on 85 targets at seven locations across Iraq and Syria on Friday, in a massive show of American firepower. The strikes were primarily focused on taking out command-and-control centers, logistics hubs and weapons storage facilities associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard …

Adnan Nasser With the country calling for a withdrawal and the region heating up, might the U.S. military presence in Iraq finally come to an end? So much has been reported on what the United States aims to do in the recent collision of interests between itself and …

Ilan Berman The United States, Winston Churchill is said to have remarked circa 1944, can be counted on to do the right thing once it has exhausted every other available option.   Back then, the British Prime Minister was talking about America’s belated entry into the Second World …

Dov Zakeim Iran behaves as if it is a safe haven because it has thus far successfully deterred an American attack on its soil. As long as Tehran continues to do so, it will not cease to support its proxies, and they, in turn, will continue to attack …

Going back to mercantilism and trade blocs. In her new and important book “Homecomings,” Rana Faroohar dissects globalization as we know it and looks at what lies ahead. Faroohar’s point is not new, but is told with unusual clarity and it comes at the right time. It is …

Bary Herman Why the world should pay attention to the 2025 UN conference on Financing for Development. Even absent major armed conflicts reaching Europe in February 2022 and the Gaza Strip in 2023, the political, economic and social ties of globalization have been considerably weakened. Three years marked …

John West Many speculate that leadership of the world order is passing from the U.S. to China. But a more likely outcome could be growing world political disorder and anarchy. The United States, Japan and most Western countries are panicking at the prospect of the demise of the …