Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Analyst of International Affairs The UAE and Israel recently announced the normalization of their relations. According to a joint statement, US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to normalize …

Giancarlo Elia Valori  Despite everything, Belarus is still the most stable of the former Soviet Union. Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, has never divided economic power among “oligarchs” – as also happened with Putin – but has transferred the entire State economic apparatus into the …

By Kathryn Shihadah Christian Nationalists and their cousins, Christian Zionists – have made their way into the halls of power, and may be the key to another four-year term for arguably the most catastrophic president in US history. Two thousand years ago, Jesus taught an oppressed, occupied people the …

Joe Biden should prepare for Donald Trump’s outrageous, false claims, and allegations of “fake news” by asking debate moderators to sound a buzzer every time someone lies. Joe Biden’s running debate with President Donald Trump about the number and format of the forthcoming presidential debates is ignoring that …

Henry Kissinger observes that the current state of U.S.-China relations reminds him of the period before World War I when Europe’s leaders would not have made the decisions they did if they had known the horrible consequences—twenty million dead. My core views on U.S.-China relations can epigrammatically be …

In choosing Harris, however, Biden is making it clear that he really does intend to be a transitional president. Kamala may well overshadow him during the campaign in many ways. He seems fine with that. With his decision to select Kamala Harris, Joe Biden didn’t simply play it …

By Ramzy Baroud What will it take for the idea of a two-state solution, which was hardly practical to begin with, to be completely abandoned? Every realistic assessment of the situation on the ground indicates, with palpable clarity, that there can never be a viable Palestinian state in …

By Raul Diego As the assets of the billionaire class in the US swell to $3.5 trillion amid the pandemic, a new study of philanthropic giving reveals that many of America’s wealthiest are using charitable donations to stay rich and get richer. A study released by the Institute for …

Do not be deceived by the Iranian regime’s downplaying of the recent attacks and its restraint—so far—regarding retaliation. A series of violent attacks, involving explosions and fires, has been hitting Iran. The incidents have been too frequent and intense to be random accidents. They are part of an …