Beyond the blackout, who really runs Iran now?
When Ali Khamenei was killed on Feb. 28, the war the US and Israel were waging on Iran took out not just a supreme leader but a generation of Tehran’s political and...
Iran should beware the consequences of its blackmail
In its recent proposal to the US, Iran suggested first handling the issue of the Strait of Hormuz and the end of the war and leaving discussions on the nuclear issue until...
Japan PM Takaichi faces split Diet, Iran risks, urgent need for team
TOKYO - Six months have passed since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took office. After her ruling party's landslide victory in a February general election for the House of Representatives, Takaichi has built...
Gaza election symbolizes the unity of Palestinian lands
For 20 years, the people of Gaza were denied the right to choose their representatives through parliamentary, legislative, local, municipal and union elections. An entire generation came of age without experiencing the ballot...
Cash alone will not buy the UK migration control
While the world’s attention is focused on the precarious truce in the war in the Middle East and the negotiations that it is hoped will yield a settlement, peace and the end...
Israel marks independence under shadows of war, division
National days are meant to highlight what unites a country: a shared vision, collective values shaped across generations and achievements worth celebrating. They are occasions for unity and camaraderie. This was not...
Iran, the Arab Gulf and the nonstate actor dilemma
Last week, I spoke at a seminar organized by the Eurasia Policy Council at the House of Lords in London. The event was hosted by Lord Qurban Hussain and Prof. Shabnam Delfani....
This feeling is called hope’: Old-new partners Bennett and Lapid try to oust Netanyahu...
Bennett exudes confidence in a ‘giant’ election victory, Lapid is only slightly more circumspect, as they announce an alliance that makes sense for them both and...
Is Meta hallucinating its Holocaust denial ban?
The rules exist, but enforcement doesn’t — leaving antisemitic content free to thrive on Facebook and Instagram
A good hate content policy on a social...
Why Africa needs a new lens for global engagement
In the Sahel, parched farmland and broken supply routes provoke a familiar crisis of hunger and deprivation. Yet the digital feeds that millions scroll through tell of heroic liberations, or of neocolonial...