The Iraqi Elections and the Opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem Will Illuminate the Damage Trump Has Really Done to the Middle East

Trump’s threat is purely economic, employing the power of coercion and open blackmail, to keep a ‘servant’ perpetually under subjugation from attaining economic independence.

While Trump is a powerful force within the Republican Party, his polarising presence is creating substantial challenges for the party in appealing to a broad enough coalition to secure consistent, nationwide victories beyond his core base.

The reconciliation culminated in Al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House last week, the first by a Syrian president, and the announcement that Syria had become the 90th member of the US-led Global Coalition Against Daesh.

The US needs a partner that commands respect in the region. Saudi Arabia fits that role.

Faced with shifts in power between the U.S. and China and in Southeast Asia, how should Taiwan respond?

[Mamdani] exploits the oldest leadership characteristic since the Greek polis: charisma.

Those who want to disturb the peace always have it easier than those who want to preserve it.