Tarek Osman looks at China’s objectives, calculus, and way of operations as it not only asserts itself as a mega-power, but also corrects what it sees as the historical aberration of the past 150 years
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In the first article in a series on the emerging global order, Tarek Osman looks at the US objectives, calculus, and way of operations as it enters the most challenging confrontation in its history — to retain its primacy against a rising and increasingly assertive China
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The AUKUS Agreement between the US, UK, and Australia opens vistas onto an intense New Cold War that is only just beginning
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'The Genius of the Location' and 'The Spell' are must read books for any student – or lover – of Egypt. Combined together, they are a key to a rich understanding of the idea of Egypt
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There are also costs in terms of acute questions regarding America’s standing in the world
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There are dangers to Europe as a whole in the French disillusionment with the democratic process, writes Tarek Osman
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With Netanyahu out, Israel will have to recalibrate a lot of its foreign policy work in the past decade
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Important consequences are already becoming clear of the Israeli war on Gaza
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European politics have been bewildering recently
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New factors in the foreign policy calculus of Saudi Arabia and Iran will likely lower the intensity of the confrontation between them
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In the wake of the immense changes taking place in the Eastern Mediterranean and wider region, the Maronite Church must put forward a new vision and new meaning for Lebanon
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As the US and Iran assess the potential of a new and larger agreement, both sides will have to weigh the factors for and against
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What does Europe want and what are its concerns in the search for strategic autonomy
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These books, including those by several US Supreme Court judges, are typically wonderful and wondrous journeys into logic and deduction
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With calls to boycott French goods growing across the Islamic world, Tarek Osman insists that Europe’s Muslims must integrate better into their own societies before it is too late
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Nearly two decades after the death of the late Palestinian-American writer Edward Said, it is more important than ever that we adopt his thinking as a tool to analyse ourselves
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Five factors will be crucial to the future shape of the Eastern Mediterranean
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As far-right political parties extend their influence in many Western societies, there is a risk that the achievements of liberal democracy could eventually disappear
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The most consequential question in international affairs today is how the US will deal with China’s rise, writes Tarek Osman
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