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Hussein Ibish

Hussein Ibish

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Hussein Ibish is a geopolitical analyst and an author, who is currently a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He was previously the Washington correspondent for the Daily Star Lebanon newspaper, and has served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine and as communications director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. He has a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Douglas Wilson, a preacher, speaks at the National Conservatism conference on September 4 in Washington. The 'NatCons' are well positioned to shape Republican politics from 2028 onwards. AP
CommentHow Christian nationalism is becoming a prop for 'greater Israel' extremism

If the anti-democratic ideology of 'National Conservatism' takes root in a post-Trump Washington, Israeli apartheid will continue uncriticised

CommentSeptember 18, 2025
US President Donald Trump arrives to address troops at the Al Udeid airbase, south-west of Doha, on May 15. AFP
CommentWhat is the US's role in the Middle East given the Qatar strike?

Close ties with Washington appear to no longer provide protection from Israeli attacks

CommentSeptember 10, 2025
09/15/2019 Beirut, Lebanon, entrance to the American University Beirut compound in Lebanon. The university was founded 1866 and is one of the most well known Universities in the Middle east
American University of Beirut stands tall in spite of Lebanon's disasters

Disasters in the country have been in no short supply and yet the institution has remained a beacon of hope and progress

CommentSeptember 04, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Nato's Secretary General Mark Rutte, at the White House Library, in Washington, on August 18. Reuters
CommentWashington is ceding its firm leadership on Ukraine

It's no longer just Russia versus a US-led western front

CommentAugust 20, 2025
National Guard troops walk along the National Mall in Washington last week. AFP
CommentI've lived in DC for 30 years - the last thing the city needs is troops

The US capital is flawed, but it is under no emergency, and a far cry from the picture painted by Trump

CommentAugust 14, 2025
A protester with a message at the CBS broadcast centre in New York City after CBS/Paramount cancelled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Reuters
CommentThe word powerful Americans have forgotten in dealing with Trump

The US President's most valuable asset right now is the caution shown by so many in the US power structure

CommentAugust 03, 2025
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an AI-generated video depicting Barack Obama being arrested and imprisoned by FBI agents. Reuters
CommentObama ‘treason' claims video won't distract Americans from Epstein files

Nonetheless, the Trump administration’s tactics set a dangerous example

CommentJuly 25, 2025
A member of a protest group holds up a sign of Jeffrey Epstein in New York City in 2019. AFP
The Epstein saga could become an existential crisis for Trump's Maga movement

Worldviews built on challenging the narrative often find it hard to take 'no' for an answer

CommentJuly 17, 2025
The final rift between Elon Musk and Donald Trump centred on the recently adopted budget bill that will balloon the national debt by several trillions of dollars over the next decade. AFP
CommentElon Musk's America Party is less likely to take off than his rockets to Mars

America's two-party system is baked into its Constitution

CommentJuly 10, 2025
Representative Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat from California, on the House steps at the US Capitol in Washington, on July 3, after House Republicans overcame a critical procedural hurdle to advance Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package. Bloomberg
Trump's budget bill is a boon to Democrats, but don't expect them to do much

There is still some resistance in the House of Representatives from budget skeptics, but the bill is likely to pass

CommentJuly 04, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump will be taking stock of their countries' recent actions. AFP
CommentIsrael, Iran and the US are all stuck in traps of their own making

It's unclear what any of these countries accomplished during the 12-day war

CommentJune 25, 2025
US President Donald Trump has demanded Iran's unconditional surrender. AFP
CommentIf Trump strikes Iran, the US enters another forever war

The US President's strategy to deal with the Israel-Iran conflict has gone from risky to reckless

CommentJune 18, 2025
An anti-deportation protester gestures towards a police officer in Los Angeles on June 9. There was never a question of either the California governor or Los Angeles mayor – albeit both are liberal Democrats – requesting federal troops. AFP
CommentThe LA protests were exactly what Donald Trump has been waiting for

Anti-deportation actions were manageable, but the US President saw an opportunity to use federal troops to confront Americans angry about his policies

CommentJune 13, 2025
Businessman Elon Musk and Donald Trump have had an acrimonious parting of the ways and while there may be no winner in their war of words, there is only one US President at a time. AFP
CommentMusk's departure proves no one lasts long in the spotlight beside Trump

The US administration could not contain two alpha males, and Washington was never going to be big enough for both of them

CommentJune 05, 2025
A news conference by faculty supporters of the Harvard Out of Palestine coalition outside Harvard Yard earlier this month. Getty
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CommentTrump's Harvard assault is more about power than Palestine

The US administration is going after universities and everything that they stand for

CommentMay 29, 2025
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