Opinion
International Women’s Day: Moving Beyond Symbolism to the Harder Truth
EVERY March 8, the world celebrates women’s achievements. Yet behind the speeches and slogans lies a harder truth: millions of women still live with...
Middle East War: The Wider Reality is Grim and Worrying
THE headlines on the daily destruction caused by the Iran war are extremely disturbing. However, the wider reality is grim and worrying. When seen...
The US Sank an Iranian Warship and Didn’t Rescue the Survivors. Is This Legal in War?
Jennifer Parker
NEWS that a United States submarine had torpedoed and sunk the Iranian warship IRIS Dena about 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka this week took...
Mojtaba Khamenei’s Appointment Blow to Western Efforts to Change the Regime
THE appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, as the Supreme Leader of Iran signals that hardliners remain firmly in charge....
From Caracas to Tehran: Why Washington’s Old Model of Power Is Failing
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo
THE unfolding geopolitical tension linking Venezuela and Iran appears to follow a familiar historical pattern in American foreign policy. At...