By Wesam Bahrani 

China cuts Treasury holdings: A shift away from the U.S. dollar?

TEHRAN – China recently decided to reduce its investments in U.S. Treasury bonds, shifting its strategy to strengthen financial stability and reduce dollar reliance. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

U.S. involvement in Lebanon’s economic policymaking

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s ongoing financial collapse has reopened fundamental questions about sovereignty, foreign intervention, and the country’s strategic choices.

By staff writer 

U.S. power play and Cuba’s fight for sovereignty

TEHRAN – The latest wave of tensions between the United States and Cuba has unfolded under the weight of a rapidly intensifying oil blockade—an escalation that critics describe as a modern extension of Washington’s long-standing hemispheric dominance.

By Wesam Bahrani

Why America lost the soft power battle in the Arab world

TEHRAN – America’s declining soft power is more than an image issue; it’s a major setback in its effort to restore global influence and leadership.

By Garsha Vazirian

The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ and the architecture of engineered darkness

Washington’s energy siege transforms Cuba into a laboratory of calculated humanitarian collapse

TEHRAN – In the obsidian silence of a Havana night, the only light comes from the cold, calculating eyes of Washington’s imperial architects.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Israel’s renewed anxiety over Egypt’s strategic weight 

BEIRUT — Since the early confrontations of 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973 to the uneasy decades that followed the Camp David Accords, Egypt and its army have remained central to the anti-Israel conflict equation.

By staff writer 

Greenland’s icequake: The rift that rocks U.S.–Europe relations

TEHRAN – Tensions over Greenland were already high in the weeks before the 2026 Munich Security Conference. President Donald Trump’s repeated statements about acquiring the Arctic island had triggered strong reactions in Denmark and Greenland, raising concerns about sovereignty and trust within the alliance.

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Saad Hariri and the future of his Future Movement

BEIRUT — On the 21st anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri, thousands gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square in a scene that blended remembrance with political anticipation.

By Wesam Bahrani 

Gaza truce fails Palestinian hopes and Israeli goals

TEHRAN – The situation in the Gaza Strip remains volatile, failing to meet the hopes of its residents or the strategic objectives of the occupying Israeli regime. 

By Shahab Sarmadi

Is Israel’s land registration in the West Bank the first step toward full annexation?

TEHRAN – The recent approval by Israel’s government to register large swaths of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank as "state land" represents a bold step in Israel's ongoing effort to consolidate its control over Palestinian territories. This decision, seen as a further escalation in the occupation, is condemned by Palestinians and international legal experts alike as a direct violation of international law and United Nations resolutions. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Enforced disappearances and escalation: Israel’s expanding security pressure in Lebanon

BEIRUT — Amid rising regional tensions, a troubling pattern has begun to take shape inside Lebanon: a series of abductions attributed to Israeli occupation forces, leaving Lebanese citizens in a state of uncertainty and fear.

By Wesam Bahrani 

Will Israel annex the West Bank?

TEHRAN – The Zionist regime does not appear to be moving toward a full and direct reoccupation of the West Bank, at least for now. 

By staff writer

Munich Security Conference exposes a fracturing U.S.–Europe alliance

TEHRAN – The 2026 Munich Security Conference unfolded as a public display of growing strategic and ideological divergence between the United States and Europe. While officials on both sides reaffirmed their commitment to NATO and the transatlantic partnership, the tone and substance of their remarks revealed a widening gap over leadership, values, and the future structure of Western power.