Opinion

Don’t be surprised. While calls to boycott Starbucks are mounting across the globe in response to its support for Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, it is preparing to open its latest branch, not in Israel, but in the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

Even before the conclusion of US President Donald Trump’s first tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week, the new US administration took steps in the right direction.

CAMBRIDGE – When you look at a building, you can see its walls, windows, and decorative flourishes but not the hidden structure that holds everything together.

President Al-Sisi’s official visit to Greece last week led to the already excellent diplomatic ties between the two countries being upgraded to a strategic partnership.

The Arab governments must reassure members of minority communities that they are integral parts of their countries and halt any slid into sectarianism in the Arab world.

A new generation remembers the Nakba—not in mourning, but in defiant, unwavering resistance to injustice.

As Donald Trump parades through the Middle East this week, he will encounter a very different region than the one he experienced during his first term.

The world’s economic centre of gravity is shifting eastwards, with profound implications for the post-war economic and political order.

Abdel-Moneim Said returns to Samuel Beckett’s famous play to analyse the present global moment.

PRINCETON/PROVIDENCE – For centuries, papal elections were also diplomatic wrangles, with the great city-states of Italy (Milan, Florence, and Naples) and then the great powers of Europe (Spain, France, and the Holy Roman Empire) tussling for influence and aiming to install a proxy pontiff.

The White House announced on Sunday that the United States and China will temporarily suspend or lift the import tariffs they imposed on each other in April, pending further negotiations on a trade agreement.

For decades, economists and investors alike have turned to gross international reserves to measure a country’s economic strength.

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan to fully reoccupy Gaza, claiming that was the only way to achieve his goals of destroying Hamas and freeing Israeli prisoners.

US President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Europe could change the trans-Atlantic relationship for years to come.

In recent months, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from United States government websites.

Trump’s upcoming visit to the Gulf will focus on US-Gulf relations as well as the wider situation in the Middle East.

Trump has taken a pragmatic approach to Middle Eastern issues during his first three months in office apart from his unwavering support for Israel.

A group of US psychologists concluded that Trump might be clinically diagnosed as a delusional psychopath, according to a report covered by the US media. His flights of fancy are certainly endless.

We are Christians, and we are proud of it. We belong to the Arab nation, and our first and foremost cause is the cause of Palestine.