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As the postwar liberal order unravels, new arrangements will be necessary

03.03.2025 20

Moustafa Bayoumi

Daniel Penny’s lawyers used a racist defense strategy and it worked

Make no mistake, Daniel Penny was acquitted this week of choking Jordan Neely to death on the New York City subway after his lawyers invoked some...

11.12.2024 3

Moustafa Bayoumi

Not changing course on Gaza was a colossal mistake by Kamala Harris

Could Kamala Harris have won the election if she had promised to change course in Gaza? It’s impossible to know, of course, but there’s reason to...

11.11.2024 3

Moustafa Bayoumi

Why did Trump win, and what comes next? Our panel reacts

So, it will be Trump, after all. The very idea of another Trump presidency is devastating. His entire campaign consisted of unbridled race-baiting,...

06.11.2024 40

Moustafa Bayoumi

This is madness. How long will the destruction of Lebanon continue?

In 1917, Lt Gen Stanley Maude marched with the British army into Baghdad – then part of the Ottoman empire – with a proclamation. “Our armies do...

11.10.2024 50

Moustafa Bayoumi

Vance or Walz: who won the VP debate? Our panel responds

The first question the vice-presidential candidates were asked in their debate was, frankly speaking, bonkers: “Would you support or oppose a pre-...

02.10.2024 30

Moustafa Bayoumi

With their lies about Haitian immigrants, Trump and Vance have reached a new low

During his debate with Kamala Harris on 10 September, Donald Trump proffered the outrageous lie that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing...

19.09.2024 8