US President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing an aggressive agenda to weaken the federal government and reject long-standing norms. The administration is cutting foreign aid and hollowing out ...

On August 20, a group of Kenyans filed a case against Britain at the European Court of Human Rights. They were seeking justice for the atrocities the British committed against them during the colonial ...

“Alliances born of compulsion rarely endure; partnerships shaped by illusion, even less so.” For decades, the world has viewed the China–Pakistan relationship as one forged in steel and tested by time ...

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is continuing its terror campaign of kidnapping innocent civilians (teachers and government officials) to feed its perverse ideology ...

For the past several weeks, Iranians have taken to the streets in Kurdish provinces like Ilam and Kermanshah to Tehran, Tabriz and nearly every province in between, protesting political repression, ...

IMF loans issued in the Americas and India to address foreign exchange crises ultimately weakened domestic economies and industries. China takes a different approach to lending by funding ...

On September 16, a young Kurdish girl named Jina (Mahsa) Amini died in the hospital after being beaten to death in the custody of Iran’s morality police. In a widely shared video of Jina’s funeral, ...

No institution lasts forever, and NATO is no exception. If the “transatlantic bargain” no longer makes sense for any of the partners, they will split. But chances are that this transatlantic divorce ...

US President Donald Trump accused the Bureau of Labor Statistics of rigging jobs data and fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the agency reported disappointing July employment growth and ...

[Arab Digest thanks Christopher Davidson, a noted author and scholar for this piece. His latest book is From Sheikhs to Sultanism: Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.] Unveiled ...

On January 31, 2024, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, publicly shaming him. Those around said a sense of change was palpable. In the viewing gallery ...

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that United States global hegemony ...