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Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun poses for a photograph at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on Jan. 9, 2025.
Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun poses for a photograph at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on Jan. 9, 2025.

Hezbollah Is Waiting for Lebanon’s New Leaders 

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
Men, most of them from Syria, queue for lunch at the initial reception facility for migrants and refugees on Oct. 5, 2023 in Eisenhuettenstadt, Germany.
Men, most of them from Syria, queue for lunch at the initial reception facility for migrants and refugees on Oct. 5, 2023 in Eisenhuettenstadt, Germany.

Do Syrian Refugees Still Exist?

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani arrives inside the Syrian capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque to address a crowd gathered there on December 8, 2024.
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani arrives inside the Syrian capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque to address a crowd gathered there on December 8, 2024.

Is Jolani Any Better Than Assad?

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.
A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

The Real Reason Israel Wants to Ban UNRWA

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
Syrian government forces secure a road for a military convoy in the desert area of Saba' Biyar, in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, on May 10, 2017.
Syrian government forces secure a road for a military convoy in the desert area of Saba' Biyar, in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, on May 10, 2017.

Syria Has Never Really Cared About Israel

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
A man stands amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings following strikes on the the town of Naqura in southern Lebanon close to the border with northern Israel on January 4, 2024.
A man stands amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings following strikes on the the town of Naqura in southern Lebanon close to the border with northern Israel on January 4, 2024.

Is Southern Lebanon the Next Gaza?

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
A tight crop of a Lebanese Army soldier in combat gear with arms crossed on chest.
A tight crop of a Lebanese Army soldier in combat gear with arms crossed on chest.

Will Lebanon’s Army Defend Lebanon?

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
Hezbollah fighters line up at the funerals of commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Mahmoud Hamad, both killed in an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, on Sept. 22.
Hezbollah fighters line up at the funerals of commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Mahmoud Hamad, both killed in an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, on Sept. 22.

Hezbollah Is Still Capable of Getting Revenge on Israel

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province on Feb, 26, 2024.
Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province on Feb, 26, 2024.

The Taliban’s Misogyny Finally Needs a U.S. Response

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 25, 2024.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 25, 2024.

America Is More Desperate for a Cease-Fire Than Israel and Hamas

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
A man rides his moped past a billboard bearing portraits of slain leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the main road near the Beirut International Airport on August 3, 2024.
A man rides his moped past a billboard bearing portraits of slain leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the main road near the Beirut International Airport on August 3, 2024.

Can Israel Really Deter Hezbollah?

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the UK Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on Nov. 2, 2023.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the UK Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on Nov. 2, 2023.

New Women Leaders, Same Old International Politics

Argument
Anchal Vohra
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Ukraine Is Still Too Corrupt to Join the West

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attend an event with G7 leaders to announce a Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine during the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023.
President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attend an event with G7 leaders to announce a Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine during the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023.

NATO’s Trump-Proofing Efforts Are Floundering

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a tour of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, the largest Hindu temple in the Middle East, at its inauguration ceremony on February 14, 2024 in Abu Dhabi.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a tour of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, the largest Hindu temple in the Middle East, at its inauguration ceremony on February 14, 2024 in Abu Dhabi.

Modi Tried, and Failed, to Homogenize Hindus

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
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