By Eric Swalwell: Thoughts and prayers just aren’t enough. We can’t go on like this. Another mass shooting has shaken America. Our fellow citizens were mowed down while enjoying country music on a ...
By Henry Meyer and Donna Abu-Nasr: The Israelis and Turks، the Egyptians and Jordanians they’re all beating a path to the Kremlin in the hope that Vladimir Putin، the new master of the Middle ...
By Jarrett Blanc: Donald Trump is approaching a crucial deadline on his Iran policy. On Oct. 15، he will have to certify whether Tehran is observing the 2015 multinational agreement to forego nuclear ...
BY JONATHAN SPYER: Israeli officials believe that Iran is winning its bid for dominance in the Middle East، and they are mobilizing to counter the regional realignment that threatens to follow. The ...
By RAPHAEL MINDER: The question of secession that is being put to voters in Spain’s Catalonia region on Sunday is being seen as a political confrontation between Madrid and Barcelona، or Spain versus ...
Qatar is starting to lose its regional clout and is being forced to abandon many of its traditional allies throughout the Middle East، due to economic burdens imposed by the nearly fourth-month ...
By Sergey Balmasov: As major regional powers Turkey، Iraq، Syria and Iran mull the Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum، Russia finds itself in the position of having become the major investor in ...
By Peter Van Buren: There are many worthy markers that America’s Iraq Wars have been a terrible، terrible waste، but as history loves a signature event، let it be the September 25، 2017 Kurdish ...
By John Lee: Many in the US like to see their country as a peaceful، munificent global arbiter which will only take up arms when roused beyond reasonable restraint. The facts، however، contradict ...
On one hand، most Israelis reject Netanyahu’s version that he’s innocent and believe he should resign if indicted. On the other hand، he is considered best suited to be prime minister. Special New ...
The US president has threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if his country is forced to defend itself or its allies، according to "BBC". North Korea has conducted its sixth nuclear test، ...
BY TOM OCONNOR: Traditional Middle East rivals Iran and Turkey have found themselves united of late by their mutual opposition to Kurdish independence in Iraq and common interest in ending the ...
With her centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leading vote، Angela Merkel is set to remain Germany’s chancellor، for a fourth consecutive term. This comes as no surprise. Her ...
By Maysam Behravesh: Donald Trump mentioned Afghanistan just once in his speech to the United Nations Tuesday. His “new strategy for victory” there، he said، would help “crush the loser terrorists ...
By Hal Brands: The United States is rapidly heading down the path of confrontation with a rogue-state adversary، a potential foe that has proved rational yet ruthless in pursuit of its interests، ...
By Editorial Board: If polls are correct، Angela Merkel is on track to win a record fourth term as German chancellor on Sept. 24. The temptation، after such a long run of electoral success، is to ...
By: Abdellatif El-Menawy For years، Egypt has sought to improve relations between both parties operating in the Palestinian territories. Now it seems like something has actually changed – but what ...
By Simon Schütz: Otto Fricke says he knew what he was getting himself into. When he decided to run for a seat in Germanys parliament، Fricke says he knew that after the elections in the U.S.، the ...
By Bassem Mroue: Iran is working to restore a lost link in its network of alliances in the Middle East، trying to bring Hamas fully back into the fold after the Palestinian militant group had a ...
By Philip Oltermann and Rina Soloveitchik: They are the “invisible” ethnic minority that could help the rightwing populist Alternative für Deutschland become the third biggest party at Germany’s ...
By Seth J. Frantzman: On Tuesday، September 12، Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu sat with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. According to Russian embassy social-media posts they ...
By Mehul Srivastava h، Erika Solomon and David Sheppard: As international opposition to an independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region mounted، Turkish tanks rolled up to the northern Iraqi ...
By Finian Cunningham: It can’t get more outrageous. US President Donald Trump stood in front of the United Nations and openly threatened unilateral war and genocide. It’s a sign of the times that ...
By MARK LANDLER: President Trump will try to play the peacemaker in his first appearance at the United Nations General Assembly this week، but not on the issue that American presidents have ...
By John W. Schoen: President Donald Trump wants the 193-country United Nations to trim its bureaucracy and cut costs while sharpening the focus of its work around the world. Compared with the rest of ...
By SOMINI SENGUPTA and RICK GLADSTONE: When the 193-member United Nations convenes for the annual General Assembly speeches and high-level meetings، world leaders will be paying closest attention to ...
By Soeren Kern: The U.S. State Department has backed away from a demand that Israel return $75 million in military aid which was allocated to it by the U.S. Congress. The repayment demand، championed ...
By Mahmut Bozarslan: As Iran becomes more vocal about its opposition to the upcoming Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq، theres some speculation about Tehrans true concerns. Iranian armed ...
By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh: Qatar’s rapprochement with Turkey and Iran can have significant consequences on the Gulf Cooperation Council، the United States and US-Gulf relations. Doha is deepening its ...
By Joe Biden: In over 45 years of working in global affairs، I’ve observed a simple truth: America’s ability to lead the world depends not just on the example of our power، but on the power of our ...
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