Middle East

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The debate over a new security architecture for Eurasia is not an academic exercise—it is a direct response to a world in which the old guarantees of stability no longer hold. From Eastern Europe to East Asia, the assumptions that once underpinned regional order have …

By any democratic standard, it is extraordinary for a sitting prime minister to take the witness stand in a criminal corruption trial while continuing to govern a country at war. Yet this is precisely where Israel finds itself as Benjamin Netanyahu testifies for the first time in a …

Perhaps the most atrocious focused assault on 26 November in downtown Washington, which is just a few blocks off of the White House, where two United States National Guard troops were in critical condition, is a blacker chapter in the history of the world of global terror. The …

Kester Klomegah In  this interview, Pradeep Mehta, Secretary General of the Jaipur-based Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS International) and Honorary Adviser to the Commerce and Industries Minister of India, discusses the significance of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin (December 4-5, 2025), its implications and future …

Abdulla Al Junaid The insistence on maintaining the artificial unity of the country has prolonged the Yemeni Civil War and made it impossible to resolve. The Saudi-led intervention in March 2015 was driven by regional strategic necessity rather than choice. And while the intervention succeeded in containing the …

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh The power of states is not confined to traditional indicators such as geography, landmass, or population. It also lies in the mindset of governance. Few expressions cast a longer shadow over political reason than sound judgment and political wisdom—terms that belong to a rare …

Alexander Langlois Pressure on Israel is the best way to keep the Lebanese ceasefire from unraveling. One year after the so-called “ceasefire” between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah began, Israel could be set to renew full-scale hostilities against the group, further confirming that the agreement is anything but a …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh President Donald Trump has never disguised his admiration for strong-willed leaders. His vision of political stature is less about diplomatic elegance and more about a leader’s personal toughness and willingness to assert power unapologetically. This worldview dramatically shapes his approach to foreign policy, particularly in …

The UN has declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology – the moment when the quantum story moved from spectacle to substance. Editors and investors have grown less interested in raw qubit tallies and more interested in where quantum delivers measurable value in energy, materials, …