The latter half of the 19th century witnessed the birth of a concept — Ottomanism. At the time, the Ottoman Empire, with its base of power in Turkey, ruled a vast domain stretching from Southeast ...

German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel believed that history unfolded in stages. Celebrity history seems to obey a similar pattern. The first stage is thrilling: novelty, scandal and ...

Pakistan’s Vision 2035, which aims to build a $1 trillion economy, is closely tied to its deepening friendship with China. Since the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a decade ago, ...

Iraqi Kurdistan is militarily safer than Russia or the US. That is what I told my security studies teacher eight years ago when I was a freshman in college. My argument was simple: We don’t have ...

The recognition of Palestinian statehood by the UK, France, Australia, Canada, Belgium and Portugal has been seen by some as a watershed, and by others as empty symbolism. But does it really matter?

Coming on the back of its merciless conduct of the Gaza war, Israel’s targeting of Hamas leaders in Qatar, gathered to discuss a US ceasefire proposal, potentially is the straw that broke the camel’s ...

In a world where democracy is increasingly being tested, Brazil has become a crucial stage for a symbolic clash. Recently, Paulista Avenue, the economic heart of São Paulo, was the scene of two ...

Last week, in a conversation with Anthropic’s Claude, I lamented the fact that, at least here in the West, every public debate appears to resemble a confrontation rather than a dialogue. I suggested ...

Russia is using the presence of neo-Nazis in Ukraine as a pretext for war, but the West is sweeping it under the rug. In 2014, Nuland and the US State Department got their favorite, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, ...

When the caretaker administration was introduced last September, the government was modeled on a different system than the one intended in the 2004 constitution, but it shared similarities with the ...

Central bank independence (CBI) is crucial for maintaining economic stability, particularly in a globalized world where political influence can lead to adverse outcomes like inflation and economic ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Pope Francis — went home to face his Lord on the morning of Easter Monday, after 12 years on St. Peter’s throne, at the age of 88. From the start of his pontificate, Francis ...