Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five
The United States appears to be shifting from the threat of military escalation towards renewed diplomacy with Iran after weeks of strikes failed to achieve Washington’s central objective of compelling Tehran to
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Elon Musk has lost his status as the world’s first trillionaire after a sharp decline in the value of his technology holdings erased around US$130 billion in paper wealth over five trading
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The excitement over the US-Saudi nuclear deal has proved to be short-lived. Apparently, the US President Donald Trump himself poured cold water into it by adding a caveat within 24 hours on
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Editorial Public trust is not strengthened by triumphal announcements; it is earned through evidence, transparency, and accountability. That is why the recent attempts by Sri Lankan officials to portray the United States’
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After getting stuck in the fog of war in the Middle East with Iran, the US is again playing a brinkmanship card in the region that will only fan the flames. Recently,
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Three decades after the publication of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk says the cultural space for transgressive fiction in the United States fundamentally changed after the 11 September attacks. Speaking to El País
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Paramount has suspended its proposed acquisition of Warner for nearly a year while legal challenges to the deal continue in the United States. The decision follows a temporary court order halting the
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The prospect of a renewed global oil shock has returned as escalating conflicts and disruptions across several major energy corridors place increasing strain on international oil markets. After briefly retreating following a
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As tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to intensify, the Trump administration has sought to raise the stakes by announcing a new agreement with Saudi Arabia, Iran’s longstanding regional rival. The accord
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Lebanon has become a central arena in the intensifying struggle between two competing visions for the Middle East. On one side is a United States-led strategy aimed at integrating the region more
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