Middle East

Saudi Arabia “Sport Washing” their Human Rights Record with the Takeover of Newcastle United

BY MILLIANA GILL-MEHAN Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, seen here in 2019, has been heavily criticised for his Government's human rights...

As featured in Edition 38, available here. BY JHANVI MEHTA (2nd year - History and PAIS - Leeds, UK) It is becoming harder to recall when...

BY SIDNEY PYCROFT President Biden, seen here in Geneva in June 2021, has received criticism for the manner of the US troop withdrawal...

BY SCOTT CRESSWELL President Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, seen at the G7 in June have taken criticism for the chaos in...

By JHANVI MEHTA Predictably, the rapid unravelling of Afghanistan has created reverberations regarding American credibility, as they and...

BY TOM RUGMAN The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, initiating mass panic at Kabul Airport. The events that...

By JHANVI MEHTA Lebanese politics has been marred with dysfunction and corruption in recent years. This raises the question of if Lebanon...

by ARTHUR KLEINMAN Following decades of borderline compulsive meddling in the politics of the Middle East, a series of foreign policy...

By LILY MECKEL War in Yemen has ravaged the country since 2014. What was initially a fight between the Houthi movement, with support from...

By ARTHUR KLEINMAN Last July, I published an article on this site arguing that it was too early to bet against Israel's ever...