Regardless of who wins November’s US presidential elections, the world has changed. There is no going back
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While times have changed, demanding new approaches to regional crises like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Saudi Arabia will not renege on its historic duties to Arab security
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It is rare in history for three historical moments to occur at once. But this is what is happening now, and to which Arab leaderships must respond
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The adaptability of the Muslim Brotherhood, despite setbacks, warrants greater international coordination to confront this seat of Islamist radicalism and terrorism
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Washington think tanks continue to peddle a bleak outlook for the Arab world, ignoring the dramatic progress made amid pressure from all sides
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The torrent of writings excoriating Trump is unlike that which has accompanied any other sitting US president, but this wave of exposés has not shaken Trump’s electoral base
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So much is changing, but the exact direction of change remains shrouded in obscurity. What will tomorrow bring?
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Matters often become tense in the final straight before US presidential elections, but never as tense as they are now
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Amid the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, the driving forces of production in new technologies have not abated, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
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The UAE has taken a bold leap in its diplomacy towards Israel that could well prove more effective in defence of Arab interests than all the rejectionists who protest
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As deep as the tragedy of the explosions in Beirut surely was, Lebanon faces an opportunity: to move beyond a failed polity to a modern nation state, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
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Regions have risen in importance, overarching and transecting smaller conflicts. In the Eastern Mediterranean, this progress is now threatened by Turkey
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The dominance of four US tech companies has been in focus this week, but the future will surely bring even greater transformations than the ones they have pursued
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Before any society can progress, it needs to rethink its ways and perceptions, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
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In responding to present threats, the Arabs have taken two major steps: to secure the foundations of the state, and to work together, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
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Whether or not Israel presses forward with plans to annex fresh swathes of occupied Palestinian land, the Arabs need to pause, reassess and find a new strategy
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Undoubtedly, Trump has his own chapter in US history. But how it will read may be contrary to his liking
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By any measure, America has changed under Trump. Further turmoil may lie ahead
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The realist school of international relations has once again expressed its tenets in vocal adherents amid the Covid-19 crisis. But perhaps we need something more
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While the current situation in the US appears unprecedented, the American polity has weathered dramatic storms in the past, and likely will weather this one too
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