Is humanity marching backward, or is it falling down into the nuclear abyss?

Tehran’s illusion is that by waiting until [U.S.] mid-term elections, which they think Trump will lose, they could claim victory.

Major wars do not always create permanent enemies. Sometimes they create the conditions for entirely new political arrangements.

Israel’s spying activities have always been brushed under the carpet by compliant American politicians.

[Trump] disregarded Arab national interests, foremost among them the Palestinian issue and its legitimate, legal aspirations.

Another interesting feature is the absence of non-partisan journalists covering this war.

[I]t appears that the [U.S.] is capitulating in the talks.

Using Lebanon as a bargaining chip through Washington’s Israeli proxy is Trump’s way of leveling the playing field.

History has never witnessed a leader quite like Donald Trump — a mix of ignorance, arrogance immorality, brazenness, insensitivity and sheer stupidity.

The challenge for Washington is no longer whether it possesses sufficient capabilities, but whether the political system can align those capabilities behind a coherent long-term priority.

The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.