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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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Donald Trump gave Herschel Walker his backing in the Georgia Senate race. Reuters
Republicans are damned if they dump Trump, and doomed if they don't

America's Grand Old Party is reeling from the midterm election results and unsure what to do with its leader

CommentDecember 13, 2022
Sailors assigned to Task Force 59 and members of the Royal Jordanian Navy retrieve an unmanned undersea vehicle during an exercise in the Gulf of Aqaba on February 8, 2022. Reuters
US-Gulf maritime surveillance co-operation heralds a new era in defence relations

Task Force 59 promotes the region's countries as full partners with their western allies

OpinionDecember 06, 2022
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Chief Justice John Roberts on the front steps of the Court building following her investiture ceremony in Washington, on September 30. Reuters
The US Supreme Court's problem with ethics

Political corruption in America's highest court has benefitted Democrats as well as Republicans

CommentNovember 28, 2022
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Bloomberg
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Democrats do generational change while Republicans remain in Trump's grip

GOP leaders now know that the former president and his politics will be toxic in a general election

CommentNovember 22, 2022
Then US president Donald Trump stands behind gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis at a rally in Pensacola, Florida, in 2018. AP Photo
Can DeSantis loosen Trump's vice-like grip on the Republican Party?

The Florida governor's re-election has encouraged some party members to break ranks, but the former president isn't done yet

CommentNovember 15, 2022
Attendees celebrate as poll results are shown during an election night rally for John Fetterman in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Bloomberg
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Has American democracy begun to turn a corner?

The midterms have shown voters value centrism over extremism, particularly of the kind fuelled by Trump

CommentNovember 10, 2022
Elon Musk speaks during an interview with head of Ted Chris Anderson on April 14. AFP
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Is Musk demolishing Twitter as a de facto public square?

Instead of verifying identity, the blue check will verify payment

CommentNovember 08, 2022
US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and husband Paul Pelosi arrive for the Time 100 Gala at Lincoln Center in New York, on April 23, 2019. AFP
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The US attack on Paul Pelosi and more midterm Mayhem

Republicans could secure a House majority next week, which does not bode well for the US and global economies

CommentOctober 31, 2022
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2022 in Orlando, Florida. AFP
Donald Trump is leaving the Justice Department no choice but to indict him

Is it possible the former US president believes being put on trial will benefit him?

CommentOctober 19, 2022
Donald Trump tosses Save America hats to the crowd at a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona, this week. AFP
Come November, will Americans be voting on the right issues?

Voters are often more drawn to issues that politicians can't control in the short run than those they can

CommentOctober 12, 2022
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, left, with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas in Washington on October 21, 2021. Ginni Thomas is facing questioning over her involvement in ex-president Donald Trump's effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Getty/ AFP
A US Supreme Court judge's wife has troubling views

The spouse of a powerful person spouse can affect political discourse but can they get away with bending the rules?

CommentOctober 04, 2022
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, last week. AP Photo
How far-reaching is two Trump-appointed judges' ruling against him?

A court's directive to the FBI to continue investigating the former president throws up important questions

CommentSeptember 28, 2022
Supporters attend a primary election night event for JD Vance, a Republican candidate for US Senate in Ohio, on May 3 in Cincinnati, Ohio.Getty Images / AFP
The US primaries underlined a disturbing American reality

Before the midterms, several members of the Republican party continue to lean towards falsehoods

CommentSeptember 19, 2022
An American flag on a construction crane in front of the US Capitol in Washington. Bloomberg
The pervasiveness of cancel culture is a scourge on America

Many of the greatest freedoms that Americans are used to are not age-old, unlike people tend to assume

CommentSeptember 13, 2022
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on what he calls the "continued battle for the Soul of the Nation" in Philadelphia, on September 1. Reuters
Biden's speech missed a crucial point

The US President should have focussed less on the peril of Maga extremism

CommentSeptember 05, 2022
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