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Raghida Dergham

Raghida Dergham

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Raghida Dergham is the founder and executive chairwoman of the Beirut Institute and a columnist for The National. She served as columnist, senior diplomatic correspondent, and New York bureau chief for the London-based Al-Hayat for 28 years. She has contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Arab News, Al Arabiya English and Newsweek. She served as political analyst for NBC, MSNBC, LBC, Al Arabiya, CNN, BBC and MTV, as well as a contributing editor for Global Viewpoint produced for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Raghida was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women in 2011 and in 2016, and in 2017 she was named 'Arab Woman of the Year' for her achievements in journalism. In 2018, she was named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in the Arab World.
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US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrive for a security summit in Jeddah in July. Reuters
The US and Opec+ members – a case for prudence

Relations are mutually beneficial, and need nurturing

CommentOctober 16, 2022
Israelis walk along the beach as a navy vessel patrols the Mediterranean waters off Rosh Hanikra, known in Lebanon as Ras Al Naqura, on Friday. AFP
The significance of a Lebanon-Israel maritime border deal

Demarcation will undoubtedly represent a qualitative shift for Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Iran

CommentOctober 09, 2022
A protest in downtown Tehran last month following the death of Mahsa Amini. AP Photo
America supports the Mahsa Amini protests – not regime change

Determined to continue its nuclear talks, Washington has drawn the line. Will this affect the demonstrations?

CommentOctober 02, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Veliky Novgorod on Wednesday. AP Photo
The Ukraine war could open the nuclear Pandora's box

If neither Russia nor the West backs down, the scope and dimension of the conflict will change dramatically

CommentSeptember 25, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Friday. AP Photo
With limited diplomatic support, can Russia fight back in Ukraine?

Moscow has Beijing in its corner, but how it can claw its way back in the war remains to be seen

CommentSeptember 18, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in June. AP Photo
Has Russia succeeded in pulling Iran away from the West?

The nuclear deal isn't dead yet, but Europe's bid to replace Moscow's energy exports with Tehran's may be doomed

CommentSeptember 11, 2022
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, inspects the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, last week. EPA
It isn't just oil and gas that Europeans are worried about

There's a nuclear dimension, too, and it isn't limited to what's going on in Zaporizhzhia

CommentSeptember 04, 2022
A man walks past a wall of the former US embassy, with an anti-America mural on it, in Tehran this month. Reuters
Reining in Iran is a complicated business

Gentlemen’s agreements and side deals are going hand in hand with the nuclear talks

CommentAugust 28, 2022
Satellite images collected of Iran's various nuclear facilities taken over the past two years. AFP
Is Lebanon being sold out for a nuclear deal with Iran?

Diplomatic and public pressure is necessary to ensure the global powers make no such attempts

CommentAugust 21, 2022
Iranians walk past a billboard displaying Iran's supreme leaders, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran last month. AFP
Will Iran's behaviour change with a new and improved nuclear deal?

It's not impossible, but it will depend on the extent of western commitment towards such a future

CommentAugust 14, 2022
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks, as Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen listens, in Taipei last week. AFP
After Taiwan, will Pelosi visit Iran?

If she does, she won't be able to fly the 'defence of democracy' banner like she did in Taipei

CommentAugust 07, 2022
Josep Borell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (L) with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, at a press conference in the foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran on June 25. AFP
The nuclear deal requires tricky manoeuvres of Iran and Israel

In the absence of a US-Iranian deal, provisional agreements are being sought

CommentJuly 31, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after a summit with Iranian and Turkish leaders in Tehran last week. EPA
The many ways the Russia-Turkey-Iran triangle is reshaping the Middle East

From Lebanon to Syria, these three powers are filling a number of strategic vacuums

CommentJuly 24, 2022
US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the GCC summit in Jeddah on Saturday. AFP
Why Biden's new Middle East strategy is fundamentally flawed

The US President's visit to the region has thrown up a very important question

CommentJuly 17, 2022
President Biden is set to embark on a regional tour of the Middle East. Reuters
If Biden can come up with a coherent plan for his Middle East visit, he has a lot to gain

It is not just the President that wants better US-Arab relations, but America's allies, too

CommentJuly 10, 2022
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