Hussein Ibish

After enforcing apartheid for years, the departed South African leader was remarkably brave and astute to end it

The Democrats may have lost Virginia, but the Biden administration is winning big in Washington

A majority on the bench reflects a religious extremism that's out of sync with most Americans' views

If Democrats lose control of the House in next year's midterms, Republicans will end investigations into Donald Trump's role

Picking a fight with Washington on this would be all cost and no benefit

Seldom has a US administration been so delicately poised between triumph and collapse

For the first time in history, the US government would default on debts and fail to pay creditors

Dangerous ideas have taken root, and they are spinning out of control

The US President has mandated vaccines for federal workers. Predictably, opposition is aplenty

Which is worse - the 'blob' or the 'deep state'?

It is the US handling of the Afghanistan exit that has been panned – not Biden's decision to leave

Successive governments in Kabul, including the one led by the group in the 1990s, have failed to share power

Afghanistan proves the idea that Washington 'can install a new government' is irrational and unattainable

If a deal to restore the JCPOA falls through, the US will need to think of alternatives before it's too late

Republicans have adopted a range of positions from overt support for the insurrection to calculated indifference