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3 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Emile Ameen |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri
It is not unusual for President Donald Trump to kick off his first tour in Riyadh, just like he did during his first term in office. The changes that have taken place in Riyadh since his 2017 visit and his arrival on Tuesday have deepened his conviction of Riyadh’s ability to host major dates and meetings.
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3 days ago | 
gatestoneinstitute.org | Amir Taheri
Students of history know that starting a war is always easy; what is difficult is ending it. The current war in Ukraine is no exception. The trouble is that Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man who started this war, also believed he knew how to end it. More than three years later, it is clear that he is as clueless on that score as anyone.
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1 week ago | 
aawsat.news | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
I have been following the rapidly developing events in my beloved Syria over the past four days with a heavy heart, especially concerned by the events unfolding in the south, where my family’s branches stretch across no fewer than ten villages and towns.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
I have been following the rapidly developing events in my beloved Syria over the past four days with a heavy heart, especially concerned by the events unfolding in the south, where my family’s roots stretch across no fewer than ten villages and towns.
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1 week ago | 
gatestoneinstitute.org | Amir Taheri
For the past two weeks, I have been bombarded by questions from colleagues and "experts" from across the globe wondering how to assess the current round of talks between Tehran and the Trump administration in Washington. The typical question is: what is going on? Judging by comments and leaks from the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff -- although problems remain -- things are going smoothly.
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2 weeks ago | 
gatestoneinstitute.org | Amir Taheri
In 2013 when a little-known cardinal from Argentina was elected the Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the title of Francis, many wondered in which direction he might walk in Saint Peter's shoes. The election came as a surprise in the wake of the unprecedented decision of Pope Benedict XVI to abdicate the pontificate.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Emile Ameen |Hazem Saghieh |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri
From the moment US President Donald Trump announced his latest tariffs, people across the globe have been speculating about whether his decision would lead to a global economic recession. It seems that some of the world’s leading economic minds worry that, unfortunately, there is a risk of something worse than a simple recession and that the repercussions could spill over into the global arena of politics and security.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri |Jebril El-Abidi
If wars and disasters shake ideas and convictions, how has no proposal that goes beyond immediate policy been put forward as this war rages on? The Levant is disintegrating, to say nothing about the exceptional suffering the Israelis are inflicting upon the Palestinians, or its humiliation of Syria and Lebanon and the losses it has inflicted upon them.
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3 weeks ago | 
gatestoneinstitute.org | Amir Taheri
It was barely a month ago when TV watchers across the globe saw a show in which new US president Donald Trump treated visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as one of those voodoo dolls made for pushing needles into thus dodging a curse. After the show, TV talking heads speculated that, having come to the White House dressed as a rock star rather than a statesman, Zelensky had angered Trump and thus deserved what he got.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Mustafa Fahs |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
Some are preempting US President Donald Trump’s expected visit to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf next month by discussing the promised three trillion dollars, suggesting it should be conditional upon achieving political deals – ranging from Gaza to a Palestinian state, to Yemen and Iran. First, these are business deals, including civil, military, and investment projects – not political trade-offs.
