Gaza: Trump signals Hamas disarmament deal
A proposed Gaza deal has shifted attention from securing a ceasefire to determining who governs after the war, revealing the...
US foreign policy
Ex-DR Congo president hit with US sanctions over rebel links
The United States has imposed sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila, accusing him of backing rebel...
Nadim Houry: US approach on Lebanon is fundamentally flawed
If the United States wants peace on Israel’s northern border, it should stop treating Lebanese state-building and Hezbollah disarmament as...
US postpones Iran energy strikes as Tehran denies any contact
US President Donald Trump said Washington had postponed planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure following what he...
Dr Nassif Hitti: Is the US heading for war with Iran, or for negotiations?
After most had expected an imminent US/Israeli strike on Iran, it never materialized. Matters have calmed somewhat for now, but...
Martin Jay: Does Trump understand what war with Iran entails?
With the huge movement of US military aircraft first arriving in US bases in the UK before moving onto the...
Martin Jay: Israel’s nuke threat shows who directs U.S. policy
It is a long-debated subject. Whether it is the U.S. which controls Israel or the other way around. In the...
Lorenzo Maria Pacini: US-China rivalry in the twenty-first century
The competition between the United States and China is not the first major rivalry between powers to raise the issue...
Donald Trump extends US defence guarantee for Qatar
In a sweeping executive order issued on October 1st, US President Donald Trump declared that any armed assault on Qatar...
New wave of US air strikes on Yemen leave 16 injured
The US has carried out further air strikes in Yemen in an attack that injured at least 16 people, reports...
Yassin K. Fawaz: Massad Boulos could revolutionise Africa-US relations
In the evolving landscape of global diplomacy, one of the most important, and often overlooked, assets is the ability to...
Abrahim Bushra: Eritrea overlooked as a US political partner
The Horn of Africa, a region marked by persistent instability and complex challenges, plays a critical role in international trade...
US absent from G20 meeting in South Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two-day G20 meeting of foreign ministers according to the AP on...
Hussein Ibish: The Biden administration’s failure in the Middle East
The Biden administration's initial response to the Israel-Gaza war was to secure a paramount goal: to ensure that the conflict remains...
Michael Young’s Take on Arab Relations
In April 2016, the journalist Jeffrey Goldberg interviewed former US president Barack Obama on his foreign policy legacy for The Atlantic....
