Analysis

Dr. Nessrine Mesto-Assaad On January 21, 2025, during his first press conference following the start of his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump announced his support for the largest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project to date—the Stargate Project—under Executive Order No. 14179. He was …

Gokhan Ergocun If we rely on machines only, ‘then we are creating a world which is beyond our control,’ Bouee tells Anadolu Imagine a world where machines replace humans entirely. That worst-case scenario can be avoided if AI is used to augment — rather than replace — human …

Rabia İclal Turan ‘I would call it the weakest right now, after reading that piece of garbage,’ Trump says on ‘very simple’ Iranian response to US’ latest proposal US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the ceasefire with Iran is on “massive life support,” calling Tehran’s response …

Britain’s political pundits are enjoying themselves commenting on the shock results of municipal elections which have seen the governing Labour Party’s candidates humiliated. More than 1,000 of Sir Keir Starmer’s men and women running local councils across the country have been voted out of office. Two big winners The …

Global currency markets remained broadly stable on Monday despite escalating geopolitical tensions linked to the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Iran. The limited movement in the US dollar came after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to a United States peace proposal, reinforcing concerns that the …

Sana Kan The continued clashes and drone strikes reported by Ukraine despite a United States brokered ceasefire reveal the deep structural difficulties facing diplomatic efforts to end the Russia Ukraine war. Although both Moscow and Kyiv formally agreed to a temporary ceasefire between May 9 and May 11, …

Hemant Adlakha Just a few days before President Trump was to arrive in Beijing as per Trump’s previous itinerary (March 31-April 2), the mood in China—as reflected on social media and in the media commentaries—was not at all in favor of a visit by Trump to the Chinese …

Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza By the time the results boards cleared in the early hours of 8 May 2026, the verdict was impossible to soften. Reform UK had seized over 1,400 council seats across England, taken control of 13 local authorities, and planted its flag in places that had …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh There are wars conducted with missiles, drones, and precision-guided munitions, and then there are wars waged more quietly, more insidiously, against memory itself. The tragedy of Gaza today lies not merely in the pulverized skeletons of its streets, the collapse of its hospitals, the obliteration …