Seven reasons why President Erdogan looks vulnerable
The Turkish leader is meeting frustrating setbacks both at home and abroad
View ArticleSanctions against the Assad regime are unlikely to help Syrians
The supposed beneficiaries of the US Caesar Act will be pushed faster towards famine
View ArticleIsrael’s Netanyahu seeks to have his cake and eat it too
Helped by the Trump administration, he has changed the conversation about Palestine
View ArticleLebanon’s elites scramble to avoid the reckoning for its debt crisis
The government and the banks cannot even agree on the scale of the problem, let alone tackle it
View ArticleThe Hagia Sophia decree is about more than religious chauvinism
A move to turn the crown jewel of Istanbul into a mosque is intended to rally far-right nationalists
View ArticleDonald Trump’s allies race for gains in a combustible Middle East
Regional brinkmanship is on the rise ahead of the November US election
View ArticleWary US watches for signs of Chinese-Iranian alliance
Speculation about a strategic partnership between Tehran and Beijing appears exaggerated
View ArticleLebanon: a nation brought to its knees
The country was already reeling from an economic and financial crisis before the massive port explosion
View ArticleOpinion: Beirut blast - Is Lebanon a failed state?
'Countries aren't supposed to be able to go bankrupt - Lebanon has'
View ArticlePity the ruined nation of Lebanon
Beirut blast felt like a visit from the fifth horseman of the apocalypse
View ArticleIsrael-UAE deal helps Netanyahu and Trump, but not peace
The two leaders each have political reasons to welcome the accord at a sensitive time
View ArticleHizbollah is on shaky ground as Lebanon implodes
Tribunal ruling on Hariri’s killing and Beirut explosion add to country’s instability
View ArticleMiddle East’s real ‘deal of the decade’ was not Trump’s
The UAE-Israel accord is only a longlist candidate bested by the Iran accord, which may return
View ArticleEmmanuel Macron lays down the gauntlet to Lebanon’s corrupt elite
But the odds that the French president’s ultimatum will work are not good
View ArticleTwo-state solution is becoming a cause of the past
Palestinians in the occupied territories may be forced to seek equal rights within an enlarged Israel
View ArticleErdogan is in danger of overreaching with foreign interventions
The Turkish president would be mistaken to leap into a brewing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
View ArticleAmerican threat to quit Iraq leaves its allies in the lurch
It is strategically inept for the US to do exactly what Iran and its Arab proxies want
View ArticleVisions of Mohammed bin Salman — the reality and the fantasy
The prince came to power with the bold promise of transforming Saudi Arabia. Two fine books examine MBS’s breathtaking gamble
View ArticlePolitical elite finally tip the balance for many Lebanese
After decades of conflict, occupation and bombings there is an exodus of professionals
View ArticleWhy the Pope might tacitly support Joe Biden for US president
If he wins, the Democratic candidate would be the first Catholic in office since JFK
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