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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 departs Trump Tower for a deposition two days after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, on August 10. Reuters
Trump's return to centre stage could bode well for the Democrats

Suddenly the Democrats appear to have a real shot at a historically improbable victory

CommentAugust 29, 2022
Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower, two days after FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, on August 10. Reuters
Trump's reckoning is the US justice system's duty to America

The justice system may be the last, best hope to draw a line against the former president's transgressions

CommentAugust 24, 2022
Iranian women hold banners during a demonstration against British writer Salman Rushdie, on February 17, 1989 in Tehran. AFP
The violence Iran stoked around Rushdie was not even about his novel

Strengthening the political clout of communal leaders was more the agenda

CommentAugust 15, 2022
US Vice President Kamala Harris waves upon leaving the Senate chamber after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act during a marathon voting session known as a 'vote-a-rama', on Capitol Hill in Washington, on August 7. EPA
Are Democrats alone governing America?

Republicans aren't beyond co-operating though, as proven by some important legislation passed in the Senate

CommentAugust 08, 2022
US President Joe Biden after being handed a note stating that Congress passed the semiconductor chips bill while Biden was speaking with CEOs on the economy in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, on July 28. EPA
The paradox of Biden's presidency

Even with polls far from favouring him, the US president has just had a big win

CommentAugust 01, 2022
Adam Kinzinger, left, listens as vice Chair Liz Cheney, speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on July 21. AP
The Jan 6 hearings were unparalleled in many ways

Despite a rich history of congressional hearings, these televised proceedings were something else

CommentJuly 26, 2022
US President Joe Biden exits the room after speaking to the travelling press following a working session with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince at the Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, on July 15. AFP
Biden needs to turn it around quickly

The US President is getting castigated not just for record inflation at home

CommentJuly 20, 2022
'America First' has become a rallying cry for Republicans. AFP
Why do people think of the Republicans as America's patriotic party?

These days, it is the Democratic centre that is more in touch with American values

CommentJuly 12, 2022
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies about how former President Donald Trump reacted in his vehicle after being told he was not able to go to the Capitol on January 6, as the House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, on June 28. AP
Cassidy Hutchinson is bad news for Trump

His chances of being the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 have diminished

CommentJuly 04, 2022
Pro-choice demonstrators participate in a march and rally in Atlanta, Georgia, one day after the US Supreme Court's decision. EPA
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The US Supreme Court's rulings on abortion and guns could unleash a firestorm

The decisions are tantamount to pouring petrol over political, religious and racial brushfires

CommentJune 26, 2022
Supporters of Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, right with fur hat, are confronted by US Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. More than 800 people across the US have been charged in the Jan 6 riot. AP
Trump may survive the Jan 6 Capitol riot hearings

Despite ample evidence and unprecedented revelations, he may escape conviction

CommentJune 20, 2022
Republican Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming delivers opening remarks for the select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack in Washington. EPA
Why is it so hard for Liz Cheney to convince Americans they're victims of a coup attempt?

For the January 6 committee, what happened in Washington last year couldn't be more obvious

CommentJune 13, 2022
Former American president Donald Trump is holding rallies as the US prepares for mid-term elections in November. EPA
The US mid-terms should be about the future, not a conspiratorial past

US politics is still dominated by bitter disputes over a 'stolen' election

CommentJune 06, 2022
US President Joe Biden at a news conference in Tokyo last week. Biden is facing strong political headwinds. Reuters
Both Biden and Trump are in trouble, but who will blink first?

The Democrats face a likely drubbing in the midterms, yet their leader is better placed to win in 2024

CommentMay 31, 2022
A man holding an umbrella waits for former US President Donald Trump to speak during a rally to boost Pennsylvania Republican US Senate candidate Dr Mehmet Oz, ahead of the May 17 primary election in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on May 6. Reuters
A litmus test for Trumpian Republicans in Pennsylvania

Is the former US president's endorsement of key candidates, including Mehmet Oz for senator, adequate for them to win?

CommentMay 23, 2022
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