Maajid Nawaz, once deep inside the Islamist machine, described the perfect weapon with chilling clarity. Whenever the West ...
As the war in the Middle East further intensifies, Iran appears to be recalibrating its strategy around the region’s most critical commodity: energy. By ...
I choose to connect my future to a society where higher standards in public and institutional life are still genuinely upheld ...
It has been evident that the diplomatic track long used to manage tensions between Washington and Tehran had reached its ...
The war waged by the USA and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran is a game-changer, not only for the Middle East but ...
As I recently passed through my ‘barrio’ – to be pronounced in Spanish as ‘wario’ – the miscellaneous nature of the ...
No conflict has ever been resolved thanks to international law; such a world has never existed. It's a fictional world that ...
In Syria’s coastal regions, particularly Latakia, Tartus, and parts of Hama, between 7 and 9 March 2025, one of the most ...
We have romanticised new chapters to the point that we expect them to arrive wrapped in clarity, confidence, and a perfectly timed announcement, as if growth ...
Some leaders build bridges. Others build industry. And then there’s Ursula von der Leyen: specialising in turning off gas taps while simultaneously declaring ...
The South Caucasus is once again confronting a rapidly deteriorating security environment as major geopolitical rivalries unfold on its borders. To the north, ...
Agamemnon’s fleet can’t set sail to Troy without sacrificing his own daughter for the winds to blow. Even the heroic Achilles can’t save Iphigenia, with his own greedy troops disobeying him. A Greek ...