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Le Monde diplomatique
Le Monde diplomatique ("Le Diplo") is published each month in 16 languages for over 2 million readers worldwide. One of the world's most influential political and cultural … More

The Washington Spectator
Nonprofit and reader-supported, the Spectator reports from the ground on the excesses of the public and private sectors that distort our politics and undermine democracy. Each … More

Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein (1930-2019), Senior Research Scholar at Yale University, was the author of The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World (New Press). Professor … More

Rami G. Khouri
Rami George Khouri is an internationally syndicated political columnist and book author. He was the first director, and is now a senior fellow, at the Issam Fares Institute for … More

The Arab Weekly
From Europe to the Middle East, Asia, and North America, The Arab Weekly delivers the news and opinions that inform and shape decisions. We provide insight and commentary on … More
Recent Articles
Liz Theoharis, “The land of the free, where so many of the brave are homeless”
Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy with the most significant attack on voting rights since Reconstruction; a climate crisis with lives and … More
Quentin Müller, “Tensions mount over Yemen’s contested islands”
Socotrans say that when Hercules killed the many-headed Hydra, its blood became the red sap of the dragon’s blood tree, Dracaena cinnabari, a living fossil native to the islands. … More
Rajan Menon, “The true lessons of the Afghan war”
Disagreements over how to assess the American exodus from Afghanistan have kept the pundits busy these last weeks, even though there wasn’t much to say that hadn’t been said … More
Akram Belkaïd, “Next stop Baghdad”
On 15 September 2001, just four days after 9/11, President George W Bush summoned a select group to Camp David. Among those present were defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, his … More
Alfred McCoy, “The winner in Afghanistan: China”
The collapse of the American project in Afghanistan may fade fast from the news here, but don’t be fooled. It couldn’t be more significant in ways few in this country can even … More
How 9/11 and the ‘war on terror’ tore the Arab world apart
The 9/11 attacks and subsequent U.S.-led “Global War on Terror” have massively degraded life conditions for most people across the Arab region, in almost every dimension of life, … More
