Opinion

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Opinion | Israel and Syria II: When Realpolitik Meets Fragile Transitions

In continuation of the previous analysis, there is no inconsistency in Israel’s…

Hatem Sadek

Opinion | After Gaza’s Children Died of Starvation, Will Arab Americans Stand Up to Trump?

When we compare today’s humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza with some of history’s…

Marwa El- Shinawy

Opinion | Southern Syria’s Power Vacuum: Will Israel Become the Unlikely Guardian?

As the smoke of Syria’s civil war settles—only to rise again in…

Hatem Sadek

Opinion | Fostering Mutual Prosperity: A Farewell Message from KOICA’s Egypt Country Director

It was one of the ordinary, scorching, and sweltering afternoons in a…

Jinyoung Kim

Opinion | The Complicity of Major US Corporations in Sustaining the War on Gaza

As the war on Gaza rages on, leaving in its wake a…

Hatem Sadek

Opinion | Translation in the Digital Age: Between the Revival and Decline of Languages

How has translation become a tool for shaping the destiny of languages…

Marwa El- Shinawy

The Old Ministries District Is Cairo’s Next Big Bet – But Only If We Get the Vision Right

With state institutions relocating to the New Administrative Capital and the government…

Karim Shafei

Opinion | The B-2 Gamble: How Israel is Rewriting Middle East Power Politics

The Middle East has long been a region where contradictions fuel conflict.…

Hatem Sadek

Opinion | From Harvard to Berkeley: The Federal War on American Universities

The past year has laid bare a growing and dangerous campaign against…

Marwa El- Shinawy

Opinion | Egypt’s Strategic Dilemma: Sovereignty, Diversification, and the $7.5bn Offer

The recent offer from the United States—$7.5bn in military modernization aid in…

Mohamed El-Seidy