The Globalist

The cost of letting US policy be determined primarily by the ambitions of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

When sports loses its conflict-transcending character: Saudi and Iranian religious scholars agree that football poses a threat.

Britain is not alone in paying a price for its strategic isolationism. International disillusionment with the US has also begun.

The two countries appear to be compartmentalizing their shared and divergent interests in Syria and Iraq.

In a battle of the paymasters, the UAE leads frontal assault on Saudi-backed ultra-conservative movements.

The West was not only happy to flirt with Mubarak. It is also still in bed with plenty of bad guys.

Plenty of reasons why Europeans should be very wary to conclude this trade deal with the US.

Reflections on the negotiating style of the United States.

Continuing violence in Syria is the most severe indictment of the international community’s ability to provide for peace and security.

Senior Obama administration officials were aware from 2012 that a war to overthrow Assad would inevitably become a sectarian bloodbath.