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Asharq Al-Awsat on MSNOpinion

China Forgets its Amnesia

Last week, China hit the world headlines with two events that could change the perception of its role and place in the global system in either negative or positive way. The first event was the summit ...
Nixon ended the dollar’s convertibility to gold but the world kept using the US currency and lending it money. Now Trump wants stablecoins backed by US Treasuries. This may be part of a plot to extend ...
Between the scope of the tariffs, the president's emergency powers and ongoing fears of a constitutional crisis, legal experts are hesitant to say whether the White House or the small businesses ...
On August 29, the Federal Circuit ruled that the majority of the Trump administration’s tariffs are illegal. Specifically, it ...
Seven judges agreed that the president's assertion of unlimited authority to tax imports is illegal and unconstitutional.
In each statute delegating tariff power to the President, Congress has provided specific substantive limitations and procedural guidelines to be followed in imposing any such tariffs. It seems ...
Conveying unhinged aggressiveness and hypermasculinity fits Trump’s effort to intimidate adversaries into doing what he wants.
As Trump and Modi rebuild their bond, the authoritarian triad—China, Russia, and North Korea—is not standing idle. Their ...
President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to offer a rationale for Ukraine to go on offense against Russia, notable ...
Calls to end complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza have escalated in the E.U. and U.S. — but come up against the political ...
Venezuela tensions highlight Washington’s bid to reassert regional dominance, argues Scott Ritter in this opinion piece.
Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state ...